Posts published on March 25, 2010

Massachusetts Creates New System To Measure College Effectiveness

State education officials plan to overhaul the way Massachusetts colleges and universities measure and report student achievement, in an effort to make the public system more relevant to the state economy and to ensure that students of all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds are being served. The ambitious plan – the Vision Project – would collect data in key areas that are relevant to the economy. The plan reflects a national push toward more accountability in higher education amid concern that the United States is losing ground competitively