AAC&U Value Rubrics

Through its ground-breaking national initiative, VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education), the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) has worked with faculty and assessment expert teams across the country to develop a set of 16 rubrics through which institutions can evaluate cross-cutting capacities that students develop across courses and programs. More than 2000 institutions are currently using VALUE rubrics as part of their assessment plans. See below for the rubrics.

Intellectual and Practical Skills

  • Document Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Information Literacy VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Inquiry and Analysis VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Oral Communication VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Problem Solving VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Quantitative Literacy VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Reading VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Teamwork VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Written Communication VALUE Rubric More

Personal and Social Responsibility

  • Document Civic Knowledge and Engagement VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Ethical Reasoning VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Global Learning VALUE Rubric More
  • Document Intercultural Knowledge and Competence VALUE Rubric More

Integrative and Applied Learning

  • Document Integrative and Applied Learning VALUE Rubric More

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Having a place to start makes the development of assessment instruments go much more smoothly than starting from scratch. The AAC&U VALUE rubrics represent a platform from which to build rubrics for evaluating student learning across a program. Please note: The rubrics are intended for institutional-level use in evaluating and discussing student learning, not for grading.  

Civic Engagement VALUE Rubric

Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric

Ethical Reasoning VALUE Rubric

Information Literacy VALUE Rubric

Inquiry & Analysis VALUE Rubric

Integrative Learning VALUE Rubric

Intercultural Knowledge & Competence VALUE Rubric

Lifelong LearningVALUE Rubric

Problem Solving VALUE Rubric

Quantitative Literacy VALUE Rubric

Teamwork VALUE Rubric

Written Communication VALUE Rubric

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The VALUE initiative involved teams of faculty and other educational professionals from over 100 higher education institutions engaged over many months to develop 16 VALUE rubrics for the LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes. Drafts of each rubric were then tested by faculty with their own students’ work on over 100 college campuses. For more information about the AAC&U VALUE Rubrics, visit their website .

These rubrics can be used as is, or adapted for your needs, in your classes or your programs. UMass Amherst is currently using the Critical Thinking and Written communication rubrics as a part of our campus student learning assessment efforts.

  • Civic Engagement
  • Creative Thinking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Ethical Reasoning
  • Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning
  • Global Learning
  • Information Literacy
  • Inquiry and Analysis
  • Integrative Learning
  • Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
  • Oral Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Quantitative Literacy
  • Written Communication

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AAC&U Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric 

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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.

Through the VALUE Scoring Collaborative (formerly the VALUE Institute), certified faculty members and educators evaluate student work using widely accepted standards for each learning outcome represented in the VALUE rubrics.

Any higher education institution, department, program, consortium, or provider may upload samples of student work to a digital repository for assessment.

To better gauge student learning and institutional teaching, the VALUE Scoring Collaborative examines achievement across student population groups, such as first-generation students, racial and ethnic groups, and their year in school. The Collaborative uses this data to construct a national macro-view of the quality of student learning in higher education based on AAC&U’s Essential Learning Outcomes.

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    VALUE Rubrics - Critical Thinking. The VALUE rubrics were developed by teams of faculty experts representing colleges and universities across the United States through a process that examined many existing campus rubrics and related documents for each learning outcome and incorporated additional feedback from faculty.

  2. PDF AAC&U Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric

    CRITICAL THINKING VALUE RUBRIC. for more information, please contact [email protected]. The VALUE rubrics were developed by teams of faculty experts representing colleges and universities across the United States through a process that examined many existing campus rubrics and related documents for each learning outcome and incorporated additional ...

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    Critical Thinking Ethical Reasoning Foundations and Skills for Lifelong Learning Global Learning Information Literacy Inquiry and Analysis ... We are delighted to share the Japanese translation of AAC&U's 16 VALUE rubrics as an example of the usefulness of the rubrics for assessing student learning outcomes around the world. Learn More ...

  4. PDF CRITICAL THINKING VALUE RUBRIC

    The AAC&U VALUE rubrics were developed by teams of faculty experts representing colleges and universities across the United States through a process that examined many existing campus rubrics and related documents for each learning

  5. Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE)

    Guided by an international team of education assessment experts, AAC&U is currently developing the VALUE ADD suite of tools. These tools will help faculty and instructional designers create effective assignments aligned with VALUE rubrics to evoke identified learning outcomes. VALUE is an authentic approach to assessment designed to articulate ...

  6. AAC&U Value Rubrics

    AAC&U Value Rubrics. Through its ground-breaking national initiative, VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education), the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) has worked with faculty and assessment expert teams across the country to develop a set of 16 rubrics through which institutions can evaluate cross ...

  7. PDF CRITICAL THINKING RUBRIC

    CRITICAL THINKING RUBRIC. Based on the AAC&U Critical Thinking VALUE Rubrics, [email protected], [email protected], or see sites below. 2. Definition . Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

  8. AAC&U VALUE Rubrics

    VALUE Rubrics. Having a place to start makes the development of assessment instruments go much more smoothly than starting from scratch. The AAC&U VALUE rubrics represent a platform from which to build rubrics for evaluating student learning across a program. Please note: The rubrics are intended for institutional-level use in evaluating and ...

  9. PDF DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING RUBRIC

    ~ Adapted for George Mason University from the AAC&U Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric Definition: Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. The capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or ...

  10. PDF The Value of Critical Thinking

    Designing Assignments that Evaluate Critical Thinking Using AAC&U VALUE Rubrics: A Pilot Study Results Rubric for Assessment 1: • Two of the five criteria were substantively changed to align with the VALUE rubric. • Level of proficiency descriptions were substantively changed for four of five criteria to align with the VALUE rubric.

  11. General Education Rubrics: AAC&U VALUE Rubrics

    The AAC&U VALUE Rubrics are an excellent resource for general education assessment. They can be used as is or modified and can serve as a guide for developing more specific assessment rubrics. AAC&U—Civic Engagement VALUE Rubric (PDF) AAC&U—Creative Thinking VALUE Rubric (PDF) AAC&U—Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric (PDF)

  12. PDF CRITICAL THINKING VALUE RUBRIC

    AAC&U Rubrics. The VALUE rubrics were developed by teams of faculty experts representing colleges and universities across the United States through a process that examined many existing campus rubrics and related documents for each learning outcome and incorporated additional feedback from faculty. The rubrics articulate fundamental criteria ...

  13. VALUE Rubrics

    The VALUE rubrics were developed by teams of faculty experts representing colleges and universities across the United States through a process that examined many existing campus rubrics and related documents for each learning outcome and incorporated additional feedback from faculty. The rubrics articulate fundamental criteria for each learning ...

  14. AAC&U VALUE Rubrics : Assessment, Survey, and ...

    For more information about the AAC&U VALUE Rubrics, visit their website. These rubrics can be used as is, or adapted for your needs, in your classes or your programs. UMass Amherst is currently using the Critical Thinking and Written communication rubrics as a part of our campus student learning assessment efforts. The Office of Academic ...

  15. PDF Texas A&M University Core Curriculum Critical Thinking Rubric

    Adapted from the AAC&U Critical Thinking, Inquiry & Analysis, and Creative Thinking VALUE Rubrics. This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Definition The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board states that the Texas Core Curriculum objective of Critical Thinking Skills is "to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and

  16. PDF Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric

    Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric Keywords: Individuals at AAC&U member institutions are welcome to reproduce the VALUE rubrics for use in the classroom and in intra-institutional publications. Please be sure to credit AAC&U using the following permission statement: "Reprinted [or Excerpted] with permission from [Title].

  17. About the VALUE Rubrics

    About the VALUE Rubrics . VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) is a campus-based assessment approach developed and lead by AAC&U as part of its Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative.VALUE rubrics provide needed tools to assess students' own authentic work, produced across students' diverse learning pathways, fields of study and institutions ...

  18. VALUE FAQs

    Beginning in 2007, AAC&U brought together teams of faculty experts and other educational professionals from member institutions to envision, draft, and refine VALUE rubrics for 16 unique learning outcomes. Each rubric team identified critical dimensions of achievement needed to assess student learning in areas of proficiency.

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    PDF | On Mar 20, 2017, Julie S. Gray published Combining Two AAC&U VALUE Rubrics to Assess Critical Thinking at The University of Texas at Arlington: Fall 2016 Report | Find, read and cite all the ...

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    Download scientific diagram | AAC&U Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric from publication: Combining Two AAC&U VALUE Rubrics to Assess Critical Thinking at The University of Texas at Arlington, Fall ...

  21. VALUE Assignment Design and Diagnostic (ADD) Tools

    AAC&U is currently working with an international panel of experts to develop the VALUE ADD (Assignment Design and Diagnostic) Tool series. The purpose is to help faculty and instructional designers intentionally create clear and effective assignments designed specifically to evoke evidence of the learning outcome(s) they have identified for their students.

  22. VALUE Scoring Collaborative

    Essential Learning Outcomes. Through the VALUE Scoring Collaborative (formerly the VALUE Institute), certified faculty members and educators evaluate student work using widely accepted standards for each learning outcome represented in the VALUE rubrics. Any higher education institution, department, program, consortium, or provider may upload ...