Assessment is a process used for the purpose of improving quality and is critical for growing life-long learning skills and elevating performance in diverse contexts. However, the value of assessment is not always apparent, nor is the process always understood. Also, the lack of clarity in higher education between two necessary but complementary processes—evaluation and assessment—has made the effective use of assessment more difficult. A major aim of this event is to build a greater understanding of assessment and its practice, resulting in cultural change at institutions and serving as a catalyst for elevating teaching and learning performance.

This four-day faculty development event is for professors, chairs, deans, and administrators. The event will develop skills and competencies that allow attendees to recognize high performance, to measure performance, assess performance, grow performance, and evaluate performance. Attendees will learn about growing their own performances and about growing the performances of those who they manage, teach, or lead.