Now that a college degree has become nearly a pre-requisite for a decent middle-class life in America (and the graph below tells the story), 
and at a time when “About one sixth of the U.S. adult population lacks a high school diploma. Forty percent of all students starting college are academically underprepared. Only about three of five college students earn a degree within six years. And the quality of many of those degrees is suspect. The combination of rising costs and declining revenues further exacerbate the dire human capital situation, making the prospects bleak for significantly reducing social and economic inequalities,” the author of this short piece, Roger Benjamin of the Council for Aid to Education, says that we must invest resources in assessment. Specifically, he calls for colleges to create strong assessment task forces that bring together assessment experts, faculty, technologists, and cognitive scientists. These measures will help us to “create assessments that faculty will find appropriate to fully integrate into their teaching,” leading to greater student success and targeted improvement. Read more by clicking this link: http://illinois.edu/blog/view/915/44143?count=1&ACTION=DIALOG
