Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. About the Authors v
4. Foreword xi
5. Introduction and Overview 1
6. Redefining Educational Quality
7. Modernization of Higher Education Programs in Europe: Student-Centred and Learning Outcomes-Based 19
8. Increasing Attainment in the United States: Quality is about Learning—what Students Know, Understand and are able to do 39
9. Standards-based Accountability in Higher Education in Australia 53
10. The Value of Learning Outcomes: A Canadian Perspective 87
11. Approaches to Measurement
12. Assessing and Improving Student Learning and Educational Quality 105
13. Teach, Learn, Assess 123
14. OECD Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO): Rationale, Challenges and Initial Insights from the Feasibility Study 141
15. Bringing About Change
16. An Influence Pathway: Leadership to Culture to Practice to Outcomes 159
17. Gauging Impact: Connecting Student Assessment-as-Learning with Programs and Institutional Assessment 169
18. Invited Address
19. Education, Learning, and Measuring the Right Things 191