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2025 UC Assessment Conference

UC Assessment Conference

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025
UC Davis Conference Center
Davis, California

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The UC Assessment Conference is open to University of California faculty, staff and students. 

Join us for the second UC Assessment Conference, hosted by the Center for Educational Effectiveness at UC Davis. This year's theme is Equity-Minded Student Learning Outcomes Assessment across the Institution.

The UC Assessment Conference brings together faculty, instructors, staff and leadership from across the University of California system to discuss equity-minded practices for assessing student learning, and connect with like-minded colleagues who share a commitment to advancing equity in higher education.

Conference participants will have opportunities to: 

  • explore new and promising assessment activities across the University of California
  • establish networks and communities of practice that co-create, advance and enact equity-minded assessment
  • advance assessment of student learning as an essential practice for advancing equity in education

The UC Assessment Conference is a one-of-a-kind event for the University of California. We hope you will join us!

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Conference agenda

  • 8:30 – 9 a.m. Conference check-in and breakfast
  • 9 – 10 a.m. Conference welcome and keynote address
  • 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent sessions
  • 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Roundtable discussions
  • 12:15 – 1 p.m. Lunch
  • 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Concurrent sessions
  • 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Concurrent sessions
  • 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. Closing plenary session

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Planning for your trip

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UC Assessment Practitioner Preconference Workshop

UC Assessment Practitioner Preconference Workshop
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
Davis, California

The UC Assessment Practitioner Preconference Workshop is designed for professional assessment practitioners, academic leaders  and others whose day-to-day work includes supporting, managing, or supervising assessment efforts for academic programs, institutional learning requirements, student affairs and learning focused, co-curricular programs at a UC campus. Those who support instructor pedagogical development and accreditation processes are also welcome to attend. 

The hands-on workshop includes several activities to strengthen the assessment practitioner network across UC, including community building, professional development activities, information and practice sharing, and planning for future collaborations and communities of practice.

Preconference agenda

Not sure if the pre-conference workshop is right for you? Please see the agenda below to learn more about the event and whether it can support your work. Please contact us with questions.  

  • 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Kick-off
  • 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Introduction to the Learning Systems Paradigm, Natasha Jankowski, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch
  • 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Professional Development Breakout Sessions
    • Option 1A: Partnerships in Assessment - Starting with Empathy and Building Trust, Kara Moloney, UC Davis and Anna Sher, UC Santa Cruz
    • Option 1B: Information, Data, Evidence - Aligning Instruments to Your Questions and Context, Melissa Ko, UC Berkeley and Jen Hirashiki, UCLA
  • 1:30 – 2 p.m. Break
  • 2 – 3 p.m. Professional Development Breakout Sessions
    • Option 2A: AI Impact on Assessing Learning - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Erica Bender, UC Davis
    • Option 2B: Defining and Documenting Improvement - Lessons from ABET to WSCUC, Lauren Start, UC Merced and Hannah Maulden, UC Merced
  • 3 – 3:30 p.m. Wrap up

Further information

For more information, please email us at AssessmentEvents@ucdavis.edu.

 Conference organizers

  • Co-chairs
    • Erica Bender, Assessment Specialist, Center for Educational Effectiveness
    • Kara Moloney, Academic Assessment Lead, Center for Educational Effectiveness
  • Conference support
    • Kem Saichaie, Executive Director, Center for Educational Effectiveness
    • Kim Heintz, Communications and Operations Manager, Center for Educational Effectiveness
    • Alejandira (Allie) Escobedo, Operations Coordinator, Center for Educational Effectiveness
  • Proposal review committee
    • Jennifer Hirashiki, Academic Coordinator for Shared Governance and Educational Initiatives, Undergraduate Education, UCLA
    • Melissa Ko, Assessment and Curriculum Design Specialist, Center for Teaching and Learning, UC Berkeley
    • Hannah Maulden, Assessment Coordinator, Academic Planning and Assessment Support Center, UC Merced
  • Advisory committee
    • Melissa Browne, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences Librarian, UC Davis Library
    • Gerardo Con Diaz, Associate Professor, Science and Technology Studies, UC Davis
    • Richard Kim, Professor, Asian American Studies, UC Davis
    • Bwalya Lungu, Associate Professor, Food Science and Technology, UC Davis
    • Megan Welsh, Associate Professor, School of Education, UC Davis