New OCED Project Compares Student Learning

New OECD Project will compare student learning across countries. Labi. A., February 5, 2010, Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 56. No. 21.

This was a very interesting article about comparing student learning across countries. The study, Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes, is overseen by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Richard Yelland is leading the project and indicates the first phase of the project will be to develop learning measures across diverse institutions, languages and cultures. A this time the OECD is adapting the Collegiate Larning Assessment to measure skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and practical applicaiton of theory.

I found this really interesting as North Dakota State University continues to grow in the global community.