Fundamentals of Program Assessment

October 6, 2026 – October 8, 2026
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  • 3 Days
  • Virtual
Workshop Dates
Oct
6
2026
Oct
8
2026
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET
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About this Workshop

The Fundamentals of Program Assessment Workshop is a workshop designed with a focus on small group interaction and individual assignments to introduce the context for program assessment, examine assessment processes, develop measurable outcomes and apply data collection and reporting methods. The exercises and examples are from associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and/or tech-focused programs. These can be applied to other program types and/or timeframes.

This workshop will allow you to work in teams and ask questions of experienced facilitators.

This workshop prepares you to:

  • Identify key elements of a functional assessment process.
  • Clarify the similarities and differences between course and program assessment.
  • Make student outcomes measurable with the development of performance indicators.
  • Understand the methods to assess student outcomes.
  • Develop rubrics as one method to score student performance in achieving student outcomes.
  • Identify the pros and cons of various data collection methods.
  • Decipher and report results.

Workshop Details

REGISTRATION
Registration for this three-day, virtual workshop is now available! Please contact education@abet.org if you have any questions.

WHEN
This virtual workshop takes place October 6-8 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET each day.

WORKSHOP LOCATION
This workshop will be held virtually.

WORKSHOP COST
The cost for this workshop is $795 if you register by Tuesday, September 22.

The cost for this workshop is $850 if you register after Tuesday, September 22.

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Workshop Facilitators

Karen Tarnoff, Ph.D.

Dr. Karen J. Tarnoff is the Associate Dean for Assurance of Learning, Assessment and International Programs for the College of Business and Technology at East Tennessee State University. In this capacity, she coordinates the assessment of student learning outcomes across seven diverse departments (Accountancy; Economics and Finance; Management and Marketing; Computing; Military Science; Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying; and Digital Media) and multiple accrediting bodies (SACS, AACSB, ABET, NASAD, CIDA). Tarnoff is a facilitator for the AACSB and has authored materials for its Assurance of Learning I and II Seminars. She has published and given presentations on assessment-related topics and has helped many schools develop, implement and refine their assessment systems.

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Jennifer “Jenny” Amos, Ph.D.

Jenny Amos is a Teaching Professor in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is a AIMBE Fellow, BMES Fellow, ABET Commissioner and Executive Committee Member for EAC, two-time Fulbright Specialist in engineering education (France and Brazil) and has won multiple awards and recognitions for her teaching and scholarship of teaching. Outside of BME, she has also worked to revolutionize the future of graduate medical education serving as a founding member of the new Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, a first-of-its-kind engineering driven college of medicine. Amos was a PI of the Illinois NSF RED (Revolutionizing Engineering & Computer Science Departments) research team leading efforts to innovate assessment practices for engineering toward producing more holistic engineers. Amos has a decade’s worth of experience leading curriculum reform implementing robust assessment strategies at multiple institutions.

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