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From Consensus Standards to Evidence of Claims: Assessment and Accreditation in the Case of Teacher Education
Author(s) -
Murray Frank Brush
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.4
Subject(s) - accreditation , competence (human resources) , higher education , academic standards , pedagogy , political science , institution , medical education , psychology , standards based assessment , sociology , public relations , educational assessment , medicine , social psychology , law
To what extent should accreditation focus on the processes of assessing student learning outcomes, and to what extent should it primarily be concerned with the levels of student attainment within the institution or program under review? There is a need to evaluate the purposes of procedural and substantive standards and the claims they make about graduates' competence.