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Introduction to the VALUE Rubrics: An Authentic Approach to Assessment

Learn how the American Association of Colleges and Universities’s (AAC&U) VALUE rubrics can help you evaluate students’ performance reliably and verifiably across 16 cross-cutting learning outcomes that underpin liberal education.

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This course has been co-created with our partner, the American Association of Colleges and Universities

This course has been developed with Jessica Chittum and Kate Drezek McConnell, and it includes short videos, activities, and discussion prompts. When completed you will be able to:

  • Explain what VALUE rubrics are and why they are important to the sector, institutions, and individual educators. 
  • Describe the way a rubric has been constructed to engage in discussion and debate with faculty and students. 
  • Apply VALUE rubrics to your context, using good practice principles derived from research, assessment data, and pedagogical innovation. 

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