Work begins on OECD student assessment
(August, 2010). The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is leading a feasibility study into the first global assessment of students' knowledge and skills, the OECD's Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO).
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Deadline for Request for Proposals for Upcoming Assessment Conference September 14
(August, 2010). The third annual AACSB Assessment Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 14–16, 2011. The deadline for session proposals is September 14, 2010. Information on the conference, and how to submit a proposal, can be found at http://www.aacsb.edu/assessment/index.html. 
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The Faculty Role in Assessment
(May, 2010). Professors and policy makers see progress, but impediments, too, in getting instructors to see measuring learning as in their own interests, Doug Lederman writes in this Inside Higher Ed article.
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Recent Discussions in the Exchange

• How do you assess students’ ability to recognize strengths and weaknesses of others’ arguments?
• Can a course exam be used as an assessment tool?

The Accountability/Improvement Paradox
(April, 2010). Moving beyond the tension between policy makers and professors over assessing student learning will require those on each side to approach their respective responsibilities, and each other, as professionals, Victor Borden writes in this Inside Higher Ed article.
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No Letup from Washington
(April, 2010). Inside Higher Ed article discusses how the U.S. federal government is “dead serious about holding colleges and universities accountable for their performance.”
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Assurance of Learning is Tough to Perfect—But Your Students Will Thank You
(December, 2009). An overview of the benefits of assessment and flowchart from the December/January 2009–10 issue of eNEWSLINE.
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