Objections to the OECD's AHELO
Inside Higher Ed,
Jun 05, 2015
One major condition for measuring things like educational outcomes is measuring the right thing. Colleges and universities are arguing that OECD does not do this. "The AHELO (Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes) approach fundamentally misconstrues the purpose of learning outcomes, which should be to allow institutions to determine and define what they expect students will achieve and to measure whether they have been successful in doing so. AHELO, which attempts to standardize outcomes and use them as a way to evaluate the performance of different institutions, is deeply flawed," states the joint letter dated May 7 from ACE (American Council on Education) and Universities Canada.
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