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The Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) initiative is the signature approach to learning assessment from the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).
Recognizing the need for colleges and universities to provide clear evidence of learning from admission to graduation, and recognizing the limitations of the one-size-fits-all snapshot approach of standardized tests, AAC&U developed a series of rubrics to evaluate learner work within a regular curriculum.
Developed between 2007 and 2009, the 16 VALUE rubrics grew out of AAC&U's Essential Learning Outcomes, and evaluate knowledge in traditional academic subjects as well as areas of personal and social responsibility.
The VALUE approach to assessment involves:
VALUE Rubrics - Open educational resources (OER) for educators to use in learning assessment, covering a spectrum of 16 learning outcomes, with performance descriptors:
VALUE Scoring Collaborative - formerly the VALUE Institute, uses a digital repository for learner work to be uploaded and then evaluated by certified faculty and educators using the VALUE rubrics, in order to create a national macro-view of higher education learning outcomes
VALUE Academy of Professional Development - webinars, workshops and online trainings for faculty and higher education professionals to effectively implement the VALUE approach to assessment, including:
VALUE ADD (Assignment Design and Diagnostic) Tools - a series of tools being developed by an international team for faculty and instructional designers to create assignments with learning outcomes aligned to specific VALUE rubrics:
Association of American Colleges and Universities. (2009). Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE). https://www.aacu.org/initiatives/value
Association of American Colleges and Universities. (2021). VALUE ADD tools. https://www.aacu.org/initiativive/assignment-design-and-diagnostic-tool
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