Learning & Assessment

On anniversary of Spellings Commission report, efforts to provide more information to prospective students proliferate.

State and private college groups unveil plans for public release of data on tuition, graduation and -- in some cases -- student learning.

Study calls Spellings Commission recommendation "misleading" because of wide differences in outcomes by academic discipline.

Research university group plans voluntary accountability system, but Spellings panel chairman knocks pace of reporting.

Education Dept. offers compromise on measuring learning outcomes, but colleges say plan would still "federalize" accreditation.

Here's why the work of a U.S. panel reviewing federal rules on accreditation matters.

Almost from the beginning of its work, the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education made it...

Governor links new funds for higher ed to required exit exams. He sees accountability. Others see Spellings Commission's dark side.