Building on the AAC&U’s Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative, a program that identified essential learning outcomes for all students, the VALUE Project will assess student achievement of the outcomes. Recognizing that there are no standardized tests for many of the essential outcomes of an undergraduate education, the VALUE Initiative will develop ways for students and institutions to collect convincing evidence of student learning.

Faculty across the country are developing metarubrics for the essential learning outcomes identified in the AAC&U LEAP initiative. Several of the rubrics have been developed and will undergo a brief period of evaluation during December 2008. In early 2009, the rubrics will be revised and applied to e-portfolios at identified leadership campuses.

The project is seeking faculty to evaluate rubrics for creative thinking, ethical reasoning, foundations and skills for lifelong learning, inquiry and analysis, oral communication, quantitative literacy, and teamwork. You may link to these rubrics below. The evaluation form and the VALUE program overview are also posted below. You may also get copies of the evaluation form or the rubrics from Theresa Ford or Nancy Grace. Evaluation forms should be submitted to:

Wende Morgaine
VALUE Initiative Manager, Association of American College & Universities
Faculty, Portland State University
wendemm@gmail.com
(503) 577.7712 Cell

1. Inquiry and analysis
2. Critical thinking
3. Creative thinking
4. Written communication
5. Oral communication
6. Quantitative literacy
7. Information literacy
8. Teamwork
9. Problem solving
10. Civic knowledge and engagement—local and global
11. Intercultural knowledge and competence
12. Ethical reasoning and action
13. Foundations and skills for lifelong learning
14. Integrative learning

Metarubric Evaluation Form
AAC&U Fall 2008 VALUE Initiative Overview