Why the OECD Wants a Global Effort to Measure Student Learning

The decision about which higher education institution to study at ranks among the more vital ones taken in life, but how those decisions are made – and the basis on which universities are ranked for their education – has now come under fire.

“There is no shortcut to measuring the quality of higher education that bypasses student learning outcomes. Some proxies may correlate, but it is for learning gains that we go to university.”

This was the crux of the debate Andreas Schleicher, director for education and skills and special advisor on education policy to the secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development or OECD, recently put forward.

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