On-Demand Webinar\
VALUE 101: A Primer on AAC&U's Assessment Resources
Join us for an overview of “everything VALUE” designed for newcomers to AAC&U’s assessment approach and those simply looking to learn more.
Webinars
VALUE Week: September 15-18, 2025
A series of four free webinars presenting AAC&U’s authentic approach to assessment.
Across the VALUE Week webinars, you'll engage deeply with AAC&U's VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) rubrics—open educational resources that clearly articulate and measure the skills, abilities, and dispositions that students need for success and that employers and policymakers value. VALUE Week will provide practical insights and tools to transform how you approach student learning assessment.
VALUE Week Webinars
On-Demand Webinar\
Assignment Design: Using VALUE Rubrics for Transparent, Intentional Teaching
This session offers an introduction to how to strategically align assignments with criteria from AAC&U’s VALUE rubrics to more effectively communicate expectations and support student success.
On-Demand Webinar\
Adapting VALUE Rubrics for Maximum Impact
This introductory webinar will offer a practical starting point for adapting AAC&U’s VALUE rubrics to meet your teaching, learning, and assessment goals.
On-Demand Webinar\
Bringing It All Together: Assessment Done Well
Discover how to design authentic assessment strategies that align what you measure with what matters most for student learning by setting clear goals, applying VALUE rubrics, and using findings to drive meaningful improvements.
Don’t miss these opportunities to connect with experts in authentic assessment, learn from our VALUE campus partners, and discover how authentic assessment and the VALUE rubrics can enhance both teaching effectiveness and student learning.
Additional Professional Development Opportunities
Workshop\
Hacking the VALUE Rubrics
Join us for this online workshop to customize VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) rubrics for your course, program, or institution. Make assessment meaningful and impactful while prioritizing essential learning outcomes.
Conference\
Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS)
This hybrid conference will focus on transforming student learning, reimagining the undergraduate experience, and tackling head-on the current realities facing higher education. Registration rates increase on February 7!
Workshop\
VALUE Assessment Accelerator
This two-part hands-on workshop will equip you with the knowledge and skills to harness the power of VALUE rubrics to improve your assessment protocols, understand student learning, and inform future practices.
VALUE Initiative Resources
Initiative
VALUE Scoring Collaborative
Any higher education institution, department, program, consortium, or provider may submit student work to the VALUE Scoring Collaborative for third-party evaluation using the VALUE rubric approach.
Initiative
VALUE Rubrics
VALUE rubrics are open educational resources that enable educators to assess students’ original work. AAC&U offers a methodology for applying the VALUE rubrics to evaluate student performance reliably and verifiably across 16 learning outcomes.
Initiative
VALUE Assignment Design and Diagnostic (ADD) Tools
VALUE ADD tools help ensure alignment between the intended learning outcomes of individual assignments and the associated VALUE rubric.
Initiative
VALUE Academy of Professional Development
The Academy offers a range of affordable faculty and professional development focused on using the VALUE approach to assessment in teaching and learning.
Stay Up to Date on All Things VALUE
Visit and bookmark AAC&U's VALUE resource page to stay current on the latest developments in VALUE and authentic assessment writ large.