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Recommended Citation: Segall, M, B Ghosh, and J S Morrell. A Database System for IS Curriculum Assessment using ISA Examination Performance. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2008, v 25 (Phoenix): §2344. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(3). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Recipient of Meritorious Paper Award

A Database System for IS Curriculum Assessment using ISA Examination Performance

Refereed

9 pages

Mark Segall    [a1] [a2]
Metropolitan State College of Denver    [u1] [u2]
Denver, Colorado, USA    [c1] [c2]

Biswadip Ghosh    [a1] [a2]
Metropolitan State College of Denver    [u1] [u2]
Denver, Colorado, USA    [c1] [c2]

Joseph S. Morrell    [a1] [a2]
Metropolitan State College of Denver    [u1] [u2]
Denver, Colorado, USA    [c1] [c2]

This research paper describes the design and proposed use of a database driven system to conduct curriculum assessment activities, with data from student performance on the national ISA examination. The system goes beyond existing web site capabilities to allow a two step mapping, from the ISA exam questions to objectives in individual courses in a CIS curriculum, via the IS 2002 model curriculum Learning Units (LU). The system allows access and updates by multiple faculty members and provides a means of proposing and tracking course changes over time. A variety of reports are produced by the system that can be used in the ABET reaccreditation cycle.

Keywords: Accreditation, ABET, IS 2002 Curriculum Model

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