Measurement of Student Learning Outcomes – Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute: A Case Study

There is strong agreement among educators at universities and colleges worldwide about the importance of assessing and measuring student learning. Yet, putting those best intentions into practice can be daunting within existing institutions. At Minerva, we had the luxury of starting a new college from scratch. We designed the institution to deliver specific student outcomes, and built all the operating practices and systems needed to support faculty and students in this pursuit. In this chapter, we share how Minerva defined what we teach, how we teach, and how our practices enable us to measure whether our students are indeed achieving the outcomes we had intended for them. We hope you might be inspired by learning about our approach, as we do believe that much of what we have put into place can be incorporated by other institutions to help their students achieve their learning outcomes.