Summary of “evaluating your curriculum”: A report by the Federation of Shools of Accountancy Committee on Assessment of Curriculum Changes

Abstract The Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC) has called for change in the accounting curriculum “so that entrants to the accounting profession possess the skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for success in accounting career paths (AAA, 1986). Concluding that “change just for the sake of change may not bring any improvement,” the Federation of Schools of Accountancy (FSA) charged its Committee on Assessment of Curriculum Changes in January, 1991 “ to identify the theories and suggest methods to allow Departments and Schools of Accounting to measure the results of curriculum changes (FSA, 1991).” 1 This paper summarizes the committee's findings and its recommendations regarding issues that should be addressed by accounting programs undertaking the development of an assessment program. 2