Assessment of Student Learning

Commitment to assessment THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION (NCA) is committed to assessment of student learning. Accrediting associations cannot ignore the national imperative for institutional accountability and student performance. All six regional accrediting associations require that the institutions they accredit assess student learning across all their academic programs. In opening comments for the NCA/Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, Executive Director Steven Crow articulated the commission's continuing commitment to assessment: "My basic message about assessment today is two-fold: 1) assessment of student academic achievement remains one of the commission's highest priorities, and 2) the commission is in this venture for the long haul."