What are AACSB Assurance of Learning (AOL) Standards?

AACSB Assurance of Learning (AOL) standards evaluate how well a school accomplishes the educational aims which should be at the core of its activities. The school must enunciate its educational goals, measure progress against them and let its stakeholders know how the school and its students have measured up.

The AACSB's AOL standards focus on

• assessment of learning goals at the programme level
• direct assessment of student learning
• accountability, to assure that potential students, trustees, public officials, supporters and professional bodies know that the programme meets its goals
• continuous improvement

Assurance of learning should include

• Establishing learning objectives for the students
• Aligning the curriculum with the goals
• Identifying assessment instruments and measures
• Collecting and analysing the assessment information, and disseminating the results
• Closing the loop by using the assessment results for continuous improvement