Assessment of higher education learning outcomes - OECD

ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES

AHELO

FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT

VOLUME 1

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

Karine Tremblay Diane Lalancette Deborah Roseveare

Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes

Feasibility Study Report Volume 1 ? Design and Implementation

Karine Tremblay Diane Lalancette Deborah Roseveare

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AHELO Feasibility Study Report - Volume 1

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS

This report has been written by Karine Tremblay, Diane Lalancette and Deborah Roseveare of the OECD Directorate for Education.

The authors wish to acknowledge the extensive contributions from the AHELO Consortium report authors and contributors: Hamish Coates, Sarah Richardson, Yan Bibby, Stephen Birchall, Eva van der Brugge, Rajat Chadha, Steve Dept, Jean Dumais, Daniel Edwards, Thomas van Essen, Peter Ewell, Andrea Ferrari, Jacob Pearce, Claire Melican, Xiaoxun Sun, Ling Tan, Rebecca Taylor and Don Westerheijden.

The authors also wish to acknowledge the contributions of participating countries' National Project Managers and National Experts who drafted the boxes on national experiences.

Valuable comments on draft chapters were provided by members of the AHELO Group of National Experts and the Technical Advisory Group.

Special thanks are due to Leslie Diamond who edited the first drafts of this report, as well as to C?cile Bily who edited the final version, drafted the introduction, readers' guide and annexes, and prepared this report for publication.

Thanks are also due to the many other OECD colleagues who contributed to this project at different stages of its development including Barbara Ischinger, Andreas Schleicher, Richard Yelland, Fabrice H?nard, Val?rie Lafon and Sabrina Leonarduzzi. Alenoush Saroyan also provided insightful feedback on the draft chapters during a sabbatical stay at the OECD. The authors are extremely grateful for her time and valuable input to the drafts. The AHELO feasibility study also benefited from the contributions of the following consultants, seconded staff and interns: Rodrigo Casta?eda Valle, HoonHo Kim, Claire Leavitt, Eleonore Perez Duarte, Tupac Soulas, Takashi Sukegawa and Mary Wieder.

The Secretariat would also like to express its gratitude to the sponsors who, along with the participating countries, generously contributed to this project and without whom the AHELO feasibility study would not have been possible: Lumina Foundation for Education (USA), Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal), Riksbankens Jubileumsfund (Sweden), the Spencer and Teagle Foundations (USA) as well as the higher Education Founding Council ? HEFCE (England) and the Higher Education Authority ? HEA (Ireland). The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation also provided support for U.S. participation in the study.

And finally a special word of thanks to Jan Levy, the Chair of the AHELO GNE, who provided invaluable guidance and support to the Secretariat throughout the feasibility study.

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