1. AGENDA
NINTH AMCOA MEETING
MARCH 26, 2012, 10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
HOSTED BY: BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
I. Welcome: Bunker Hill Community College
II. Initial Discussion about Dates and Times and Foci for Four AMCOA
Meetings in 2012-2013, Three Conferences, and Identification of
Areas of Assessment You Are Willing to Address for Campus Visits
or Assessment Days: AMCOA Co-chairs
III. Update on Fourth Statewide Assessment Conference: Jim
Gubbins
IV. Summaries of Two Assessment Experiments: Kristina Bendikas,
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; and Elise Martin, Middlesex
Community College
V. Summary of February Worksheets (attached and posted on
Yammer as of March 12, 2012)
VI. Introduction of Faculty Participating in Today’s Working Session
and Group Leaders; Orientation to Today’s Working Session
Focused on Assessing Exit-Level Critical Thinking: Peggy Maki

2. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:
Date and Focus of Next Meeting:
May 1, 2012: Working Session on Scoring Quantitative Reasoning
Fourth AMCOA Conference:
April 23, 2012: Statewide assessment conference at UMass-
Boston: “Improving Student Learning: Gathering, Distributing
and Acting on the Evidence,” 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.