Over the last few weeks, I’ve talked to some of the sharpest people I know about a topic that’s been troubling me.
It’s this: After decades covering higher education, and now doing what I can to help figure out how the industry can win back public trust, I’ve concluded that colleges and universities collectively are unable—or have declined—to measure and prove whether and how much their students learn.
As a result, we lack tangible, direct and incontrovertible proof that colleges and universities actually help learners develop the capabilities, skills and habits of mind that the institutions purport to deliver.
MIT AI Report Calls for Alternative Grading, Social Learning
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