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Request for questions for Professional Development Workshop on Assessments

Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Sunday, August 9, 1998, 11:00-12:30 in San Diego

In preparation for the pre-conference workshop "Assessments are tricky:
Comparing Strategies for Outcomes Assessments," and to stimulate audience
participation we invite you to submit in advance a short assessment
question for the panelists to address, taking into consideration the
purpose and use of assessment results. To give us some context for your
question, please briefly describe your school (size, type of program) and
the rationale for using assessments at your school.

Please submit questions off list to Razelle Frankl by July 3, 1998
tel: (609) 256-4500 x3406
fax: (609) 256-4439
frankl@rowan.edu

A brief outline of our presentation follows:

"Assessments are tricky: Comparing Strategies for Outcomes Assessments"

Introduction: "Political History of Assessments: Putting the Movement in
Context"
(political, administrative pressures; resistance to change)
Marvelle Colby, Marymount Manhattan College
Razelle Frankl, Rowan University

Presentations on Pragmatic Strategies:

"Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness: The National University
Success Story"
Jack Byrne, Jr., National University


"Skills/Competency Based Models: Translating Good Ideas into Practice and
Putting the Puzzle Together"
Patricia Fandt, University of Washington, Tacoma


"Competency Based Course Design: More Translating Good Ideas into Practice"
Iris Tremessen, Bentley College


Razelle Frankl, Professor
Dept. of Management/MIS
Rowan University

Hi,
In order to be able to properly frame a question is it possible to get a
brief background on those making up the panel? As the person responsible
for introducing workbased and competency-based assessment into Australia
and New Zealand any question I might be able to assist with may very well
prove unanswerable by the panel.

Sorry to throw a spanner into the works.

Phil Rutherford



At 14:41 4/05/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Request for questions for Professional Development Workshop on Assessments
>
>Academy of Management Annual Meeting
>Sunday, August 9, 1998, 11:00-12:30 in San Diego
>
>In preparation for the pre-conference workshop "Assessments are tricky:
>Comparing Strategies for Outcomes Assessments," and to stimulate audience
>participation we invite you to submit in advance a short assessment
>question for the panelists to address, taking into consideration the
>purpose and use of assessment results. To give us some context for your
>question, please briefly describe your school (size, type of program) and
>the rationale for using assessments at your school.

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