Standards addressing defining learning goals and measuring achievement of  learning goals (STANDARDS 16, 18, and 19)

As an initial and critical step in its demonstrations of learning, the school must develop a list of the learning goals for which it will demonstrate assurance of learning.  This list of learning goals derives from, or is consonant with, the school's mission.  The mission and objectives set out the intentions of the school, and the learning goals say how the degree programs demonstrate the mission.  That is, the learning goals describe the desired educational accomplishments of the degree programs.  The learning goals translate the more general statement of the mission into the educational accomplishments of graduates.

Standards that Relate to Learning Goals 
Intent of Learning Goals 
What is a Program? 
Differences among Schools 
Goals at the Program Level 
Similarities and Differences among Programs 
General and Management-Specific Goals 
Faculty Responsibility for Learning Goals 
Using External Guidance 
Approaches to Assurance of Learning 
      » Selection 
      » Course-embedded measurement 
      » Demonstration through stand-alone testing or performance 
         » Examples 
Indirect Measures of Learning 
Use of Achievement Measures   
Implementation of Assurance of Learning process