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NCATE Steering Sub-Committee at Dowling College's School of Education
Decides on Two Possibilities for a Computerized Data Assessment System
OAKDALE, NY - After an in-depth 6-week process, the NCATE Steering Sub-Committee at Dowling College's School of Education culminated with a decision to move forward with an extensive evaluation of two commercially available data assessment systems. The need for a computerized data assessment system has been emphasized by current School of Education accreditation processes. To meet this need a committee, co-chaired by Dr. Richard Bernato and Dr. Eric Shyman, was formed. The committee was comprised of faculty and staff representatives from all of the departments in the School of Education, as well as representatives from all other departments in the college including IT, Academic Computing, and Administration. In the course of the six weeks the committee attended webinars for five different data assessment systems. The committee evaluated the systems on a number of qualities including user-friendliness, comprehensiveness of the assessment capabilities, reporting capabilities, availability of templates for rubrics, compatibility with systems already used at Dowling (such as BlackBoard and Banner), as well as success with other colleges. After intense discussion and an anonymous voting process, the committee decided on two databases for consideration. A final decision will be made considering feedback from live, on-site demonstrations.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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