Zhang, C., & Zhu, X., & McManus, A., & Dyer, B., & Arias, S. (2022, August), Evaluating Improved Program-Level Assessment and the Subsequent Influence on Associate Constructor Exam  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41327

\bibitem{asee_peer_41327}
  Zhang, C., \& Zhu, X., \& McManus, A., \& Dyer, B., \& Arias, S. (2022, August), \emph{Evaluating Improved Program-Level Assessment and the Subsequent Influence on Associate Constructor Exam}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41327

Chengyi Zhang, Xuanyi Zhu, Ashleigh McManus, Bryan Dyer, and Scott Arias.  "Evaluating Improved Program-Level Assessment and the Subsequent Influence on Associate Constructor Exam".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41327 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41327}
  Chengyi Zhang, Xuanyi Zhu, Ashleigh McManus, Bryan Dyer, and Scott Arias.
  "Evaluating Improved Program-Level Assessment and the Subsequent Influence on Associate Constructor Exam".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41327 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) requires all accredited construction programs to demonstrate a direct assessment of twenty Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). Before graduation, many construction programs require students to take the American Institute of Constructors (AIC) Associate Constructor (AC) exam, where SLOs will be assessed at the national level. There has been some discussion in the literature regarding an improvement to program-level SLO assessment to increase the overall AC exam score. This paper aims to investigate whether construction programs should improve their program-level SLOs assessments to meet the AC exam criteria and whether such improvements will help students pass the AC exam. Data were collected for two groups of students from Spring 2018 to Spring 2020. The first group of students was assessed using the original program-level assessment. The second group of students was assessed using improved program-level assessment developed based on the AC exam guidelines. Descriptive and statistical analysis were conducted and the results indicated that these actions and the improvement to the assessment plan can effectively impact and improve the students' AC exam results. This research provides current construction educators with a new perspective on using and validating the AC exam as an effective assessment tool. It also elucidates correlations between program SLOs and the bodies of knowledge in the AC exam.
AU  - Chengyi Zhang
AU  - Xuanyi Zhu
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AU  - Bryan Dyer
AU  - Scott Arias
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Evaluating Improved Program-Level Assessment and the Subsequent Influence on Associate Constructor Exam
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