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The Case for Common Examinations

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Date: 1/25/2007


In the most recent issue of Change magazine, the authors examine higher education's ongoing responsibility to tell the story of student learning with care and precision. Fulfilling this responsibility at the institutional level requires ongoing deliberations among colleagues and stakeholders about the specific learning goals we seek and the broad educational purposes we espouse. What will motivate such discussions?

In this month's Carnegie Perspectives, Lloyd Bond makes a strong case for the use of common examinations as a powerful form of assessment as well as a fruitful context for faculty deliberations about their goals for students. Using an institutional example from the Carnegie/Hewlett project on strengthening teaching and learning at community colleges, Lloyd describes a particular example of this principle and how it supports faculty communication and student learning.

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