The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently released its first ever Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) report. A collaboration between AAC&U and a number of other higher education organizations in the United States, this evaluative report "represents the first attempt to reveal a landscape of student learning on key learning outcomes - critical thinking, written communication, and quantitative literacy - that both educators and employers agree are essential for student success in the workplace and in life." This report is drawn from faculty assessments and rubrics developed and tested by faculty. In this 52-page report, college instructors can explore these rubrics and the results from a number of higher educational institutions that participated in the the pilot assessment. These institutions include both two- and four-year colleges from a handful of states including Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, and Oregon.
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