assurance of learning

If there's one thing that the recent Bush Administration got absolutely right is for the education system of the United States to go the direction of Assurance of Learning. And because this is The United States of America, the whole world tends to follow her lead whether we like it or not = )

But this direction is good!

The story, apparently, was that the Bush Administration got concerned with the huge amount of money they were plowing into education over the years and was wandering what they got in return. So they asked, "What assurance will you, the education sector, give us that the students actually learned anything?"

Thus, the term Assurance of Learning = )

I like this. I think this shift in approach is a monumental one. It opens up a lot of layers and variables not usually considered when we think about the process of learning.

For learning facilitators, it is time to rethink, invent and get curious again about the devices we use in performing our very role in society = )

And the corporate world will benefit so much from this new mind-frame. Assurance of learning narrows the gap between the classroom and the boardroom.

Lord, renew the youthfulness, vitality and vigor of the learning facilitators. There is so much to do.