The College Portrait (formerly Voluntary
System of Accountability) is a university-initiated alternative to both
USDE control and US News rankings, developed by American Association of
State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) and the National Association of
State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC).
It has recently been decided that
PASSHE universities will be participating. For more information, see:
Participation in the Voluntary System
of Accountability's College Portrait will require that the University
use and publish scores from one of three
standardized tests of general education learning outcomes.
- CAAP
(College Assessment of Academic Proficiency) from ACT --
see the Plan Guide
for further details
- CLA
(Collegiate Learning Assessment), developed by the Council for Aid to Education
-- the brochure
summarizes additional information
-
MAAP (Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress), from
the Educational Testing Service (which administers the SAT) -- there is an
extensive
User's Guide
We will want to look carefully at these
instruments and determine which of them best measures the student learning
that is most important to Lock Haven.
