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Conference overview

The Assessment Matters Regional Conference brings together faculty, assessment professionals, and academic leaders from colleges and universities across the region to share ideas, explore effective practices, and strengthen the assessment of student learning.

Designed to encourage conversation and collaboration, Assessment Matters provides opportunities to:

  • Learn from regional colleagues as they share successes, challenges, innovative approaches, and lessons learned through their assessment work.
  • Build connections and exchange ideas with professionals committed to strengthening assessment practices and improving student learning.
  • Contribute to the conversation by sharing experiences, strategies, and solutions that can help advance assessment across institutions.

Whether you are new to assessment or have years of experience, Assessment Matters offers a welcoming environment to learn from colleagues, build your professional network, and return to your institution with new perspectives and practical ideas.


Why attend

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Gain practical strategies
Explore practical approaches to assessment, student learning, and continuous improvement that you can adapt and apply at your institution.

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Connect with colleagues
Build relationships and exchange ideas with faculty, assessment professionals, and academic leaders from colleges and universities across the region.

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Share, learn, and grow
Learn from the experiences of others, share your own successes and challenges, and leave with new ideas for strengthening assessment and student learning.

Conference highlights

  • Nationally recognized keynote speaker
    Hear from surprise nationally recognized leader in assessment and student learning.

  • Pre-conference professional development
    Dive deeper into assessment practice during a dedicated pre-conference workshop led by Dr. Sheri Barrett on April 29.

  • Regional perspectives
    Learn from presenters representing colleges and universities across the region and discover how other institutions are approaching common assessment challenges.

  • Networking and collaboration
    Connect with colleagues, exchange ideas, and build relationships with professionals committed to improving student learning.


Presenter stands at the front of a classroom leading a conference session, with a projected slide titled “Words or Feelings Associated with Assessment” displayed behind them, while attendees sit at desks facing forward and listening.
Attendees sit at round tables in a conference room, listening to a speaker holding a Attendees sit at round tables in a conference room, listening to a speaker holding a microphone, with wall displays reading “Kansas City Missouri” and a laptop, drinks, and notepads visible on the tables.
Participants sit at tiered classroom desks during a conference session, facing forward and taking notes, with notebooks, printed materials, and water bottles on desks and a projector mounted on the ceiling above.
Conference attendee holding a handheld microphone speaks during a roundtable discussion while others seated nearby listen, with water bottles, a notebook, and an “Assessment Matters” table sign visible in the meeting room.
Conference attendee speaks into a handheld microphone during a group discussion at a round table, while others seated nearby listen, with drinks, notebooks, and an “Assessment Matters” table sign visible.
Conference attendees sit at round tables taking notes and listening to a presentation, with laptops, water bottles, and “Assessment Matters” table signs visible in a large meeting room with blue wall panels reading “Kansas City Missouri.”
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What attendees are saying

"The food at this conference was the best food I've EVER had at a conference. There was plenty of food for everyone, and the quality was excellent."
"It was very useful to have someone who was very familiar with the HLC expectations for the assessment criterion present a keynote and sessions on the applicability for instructors and institutional processes."
"This was a great conference! I would like to attend in the future and bring more faculty representation from our campus."