Student/Unit Assessment System
The Student/Unit Assessment system was created in the fall of 2004 in alignment
with the Conceptual Framework for the professional education unit, state and professional
standards. The system serves as a centralized ‘bank’ of data that collects, analyzes
and reports information on candidate performance and unit operations to an evaluation
committee, candidates, faculty/staff and school partners. Key assessments include;
candidate standardized test scores, interview data, portfolio data, course based
performance data and evaluations from P-12 educators during field experiences and
professional clinical practice. Unit operations data that are monitored through
the Student/Unit Assessment System includes survey data from recent graduates, employers,
and P-12 educators. The system was presented at national conferences such as AACTE
(American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education), SCACTE (South Carolina
Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) and NCATE (National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education), and has been solicited for use by
Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ), University of Mississippi (Oxford,
MS), University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL), Miles College (Birmingham,
AL) and other institutions of higher learning.
Key Benefits
Add functionality as your needs grow
Built on the Microsoft Access 2000 platform, the system blurs the line between end-user
and software programmer. This means any user (with the security rights assigned
by the administrator)
will be able to edit the components and data just as the person who initially created
the system did, as many times as they need to. Let us say
the university or state governing body now implements
an additional requirement for all teacher
education programs, which states
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all programs
or professional education units must now report assessment data on candidates not
only by program of study, but by ethnicity, gender, GPA etc. Since this demographic
information is already present in the student tables, generating reports with these
additional items, is as simple as checking a box. With many other systems, all the
forms and reports are preset, and once the software is obtained, these items cannot
be changed.
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Customize look and feel
With Microsoft Access, you control the look and feel of your program. Form
components, colors, text, etc are all editable. Modify the forms and reports to
reflect the
institution’s colors, or make buttons extra-large for faculty/staff
that may not be able to see small icons. Add hyperlinks to websites relating to
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Connect with thousands of other users
The Student/Unit Assessment system was built in Microsoft Access. Since this
platform has been around since the 80’s, there is a huge community of software programmers
and users willing to lend a hand. A simple internet search for “Microsoft Access”
provides you with thousands of results. A favorite coding resource of the software
developer is the
Google User Forums.
In this forum, you will find a lot of helpful suggestions and sample code from other
users who more than likely will share your experiences with the system development.
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Use existing resources to save money
If the computer operating system of choice for your university is Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Me or XP, chances are Microsoft Access is already installed. Microsoft Access comes as a part of the
popular software package Microsoft Office and may be found on the start menu in
the programs folder ‘Microsoft Office’. This means that instead of going out and
purchasing 3rd party software for thousands of dollars, you can use Microsoft Access
to create your own database management system with little cost to you or your institution.
For more information about the Student/Unit Asessment System's features, click the link below. You will need Adobe
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You may also contact us if you require any additional information on this product
or its pricing, using the information below.
Kevin Wilson or Dr. Tina Marshall-Bradley
Claflin University
School of Education
400 Magnolia Street
Orangeburg SC, 29115
(803) 535-5316 or (803) 535-5436
kwilson@claflin.edu or tmarshallbradley@claflin.edu
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