Cher Hendricks, Associate Professor of Educational Research, is Assessment Coordinator for the College of Education. She is responsible for collecting and analyzing data related to candidate performance and unit operations, providing assessment training to faculty and staff, and serving as Chair of the AAC.

The Assessment Advisory Committee is comprised of leaders from our P12 community as well as UWG faculty from the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Business, and Education. The AAC and the Assessment Coordinator engage in a number of evaluation activities, including:

• Engaging in ongoing development of the Assessment System;

• Systematically reviewing candidate data, program data, and unit data;

• Providing to programs data summaries of candidate and graduate performance

• Reviewing data summaries, annual Program Improvement Plans, committee recommendations, and data on unit operations to provide an overall assessment of unit operations;

• Providing evaluation and assessment training to UWG faculty and staff; and

• Ensuring fairness (including the avoidance of bias), consistency, accuracy, and credibility of assessment instruments and the assessment system as a whole.