The VALUE breakthrough

By Daniel F. Sullivan

Subjects: Undergraduates, Liberal Education and America's Promise (Program), Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (Project), Education (Higher), Educational evaluation

Description: "Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education--AAC&U's VALUE initiative--is a far-reaching effort to focus assessment on the work students produce in their progress toward a degree. By focusing on assignments produced for a degree program rather than on answers on time-limited standardized tests, VALUE has become a national movement to change the way we envision and approach the assessment of student learning gains and accomplishments in college. The VALUE Breakthrough explains succinctly and directly the progress and importance of this movement. Author Daniel Sullivan tells us how VALUE relates both to the larger aims of a quality liberal education, to the capabilities employers seek and reward, and to the public policy pressures of our current environment."--Publisher description.