| Assessment
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| Materials on Assessment from NASPAA
Conferences: |
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NASPAA Accreditation Institute, Self Study Workshop Part II Saturday, October 17, 2009 Standard 5: Competencies and Student
Learning. Michelle
Saint-Germain, California State University, Long Beach and Nadia
Rubaii-Barrett, Binghamton University |
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Using the Capstone Course to Generate Student Learning Outcomes
Fall 2006 Conference.
Thomas E. Castleberry, Patricia M. Shields, and Hassan Tajalli
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| Materials from Peer
Accreditors: |
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ABET Faculty Workshop on Assessing Program
Outcomes, Presented by Gloria Rogers, PH. D Associate Executive Director, Professional Services ABET Inc. Presented, October 28, 2008 |
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AACSB Assurance of Learning Standards: An Interpretation, An AACSB White Paper issued by: AACSB International Accreditation Coordinating Committee, AACSB International Accreditation Quality Committee. 20 November 2007 |
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| JPAE and other Scholarly Articles on Assessment: |
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Aristigueta, Maria, and Kimberly M. B. Gomes. 2006.
Assessing Performance in NASPAA Graduate Programs. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 12(1):118. |
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Castleberry, Thomas E.,
"Student Learning Outcome Assessment within the Texas State University MPA
Program"
(2006). Applied Research Projects. Paper 182. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/182 |
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Dalehite, Esteban G. 2008.
Transforming Grades into Meaningful MPA Program Outcomes: Lessons from Benchmarking Learning Objectives in the Public Budgeting and Finance
Course. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 14(3):413426 |
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Durant, Robert F. 2002.
Toward becoming a Learning Organization: Outcomes Assessment, NASPAA Accreditation, and Mission-Based Capstone
Courses. Journal of Public Affairs Education,
8(3):193-208 |
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Fitzpatrick, Jody L. and Katrina Miller-Stevens. 2009.
A Case Study of Measuring Outcomes in an MPA Program Journal of Public Affairs Education, 15(1): 17-31 |
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Kapucu,
Naim. 2011. Developing
Competency-Based Emergency Management Degree Programs in Public
Affairs and Administration
. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17(4):
501521 |
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Powell, David C. 2009.
How Do We Know What They Know? Evaluating Student-Learning Outcomes in an MPA
Program. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 15(3): 269287 |
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Roberts, Gary E., and Tom
Pavlak. 2002a. The Design and Implementation of an Integrated Values And Competency-based MPA Core
Curriculum. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 8(2):115129 |
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Williams, David G. 2002.
Seeking the Holy Grail: Assessing Outcomes of MPA Programs. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 8(1):4556 |
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| White
Papers: |
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Expectations
for Student Learning Outcomes Assessment for NASPAA-COPRA
Accreditation (2011)
by COPRA member David Powell, former
COPRA chair Michelle Piskulich and Standards Committee Member Michelle
Saint-Germain |
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MPA Models of Assessment
(2009)
by Standards Committee Member Michelle Saint-Germain |
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Adding Value in the Public Interest
(2008)
by NASPAA Past-President Kathryn Newcomer and Heather Allen (GWU) |
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Competencies for Public Service Education
(2007)
by NASPAA Past President Marvin Mandell and former COPRA chair Michelle Piskulich |
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| Other Materials: |
iTunes |
Michelle
Saint-Germain, in her role as Director of Program Review and Assessment at California State University, Long Beach, has also produced a series of several short podcasts on
defining and mapping student learning outcomes. These podcasts, featuring voice and power point slides, are being offered by Michelle and her university for FREE on iTunes U:
http://tinyurl.com/csulb-assess.
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Program-Based
Assessment: Online Handbook from UMass Amherst |
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Course-Based
Assessment: Online Handbook from UMass Amherst
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