"Education Sector, a think tank promoting education reform, analyzed accountability systems across the nation and found varied results in its report, 'Ready to Assemble: Grading State Higher Education Accountability Systems,'" Inside Higher Ed reports. "The group's survey determined that 38 states have little if any system for measuring learning outcomes, adding that 36 states have yet to develop a method for linking college funding to performance. ... Education Sector measured states in 21 categories of accountability, analyzing any systems that might be in place to assess areas like affordability, degree production, research and scholarship. States that promote or require the use of assessment tools, and take steps to publicize the information, were given the highest marks. Those that had few tools for assessment and did little to spread information were graded lower."

You can read the complete July 1, 2009 Inside Higher Ed article on-line.

Additional Media Coverage

Most States' College-Accountability Systems Are Found Wanting The Chronicle of Higher Education

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