Title: CAEL: 10 Standards
1CAEL 10 Standards
- 5 Standards for the Assessment Process
- and
- 5 Standards for quality assurance regarding
administrative aspects of PLA programs
2Standard 1 - Assessing Learning
- Credit or equivalent should be awarded for
learning, not for experience - There is no guarantee that X amount of experience
yields Y amount of learning.
3Standard 2 - Assessing Learning
- Assessment should be based on standards and
criteria for the level of acceptable learning
that are both agreed upon and made public. - Institutions, programs, credentialing agencies
determine what is acceptable. - Depth Breadth Complexity
4Standard 3 - Assessing Learning
- Assessment should be treated as an integral part
of learning, not apart from it, and should be
based on an understanding of learning processes - How assessment is done is an outgrowth of beliefs
and assumptions about learning. - Inform Guide Provide feedback
5Standard 4 - Assessing Learning
- The determination of credit awards and competence
levels must be made by appropriate subject matter
and academic or credentialing experts. - Two types of expertise are used content and
academic/credentialing expertise
6Standard 5 PLA Program Quality Assurance
- Credit or other credentialing should be
appropriate to the context in which it is awarded
and accepted. - Generally, creditable experience occurs in the
major, general education and electives.
7Standard 6 - PLA Program Quality Assurance
- If awards are for credit, transcript entries
should clearly describe what learning is being
recognized and be monitored to avoid giving
credit twice for the same learning.
8Standard 7 - PLA Program Quality Assurance
- Policies, procedures, and criteria applied to
assessment, including provisions for appeal,
should be fully disclosed and prominently
available to all parties involved in the
assessment process.
9Standard 8 - PLA Program Quality Assurance
- Fees charged for assessment should be based on
the services performed in the process and not
determined by the amount of credit awarded.
10Standard 9 - PLA Program Quality Assurance
- All personnel involved in the assessment of
learning should pursue and receive adequate
training and continuing professional development
for the functions they perform.
11Standard 10 - PLA Program Quality Assurance
- PLA programs should be regularly monitored,
reviewed, evaluated, and revised as needed to
reflect changes in - the needs being serviced,
- the purpose being met, and
- in the state of the assessment arts.
12Resources
- CAEL http//www.cael.org/pla.htm
- Antioch University McGregor
- http//www.mcgregor.edu/us/transferprilearncredit
.html - Sinclair Community college
- http//www.sinclair.edu/about/administrative/vpi/
trs/ - Lorain County Community College
- http//www.lorainccc.edu/nr/rdonlyres/8f07242a-ba
50-4a28-9109-59b964c8f422/845/assessmentcriteria1.
pdf - Thomas Edison College http//www.tesc.edu/698.php
13Sheryl Hansen Director, Professional Development
Programs Ohio Learning Network shansen_at_oln.org 61
4-995-3240