Rising to the Challenge

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

As on of the partner organizations in the Rising to the Challenge project, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) will coordinate efforts by educational researchers and leaders from the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the Council for Aid to Education (CAE), and the American College Testing Program, Inc. (ACT) to examine the extent to which disparate measurement tools recommended as part of the Voluntary System of Accountability can be used interchangeably, whether these tools are measuring similar or dissimilar outcomes or levels of achievement, and the role test format (e.g. multiple choice vs. open-ended/constructed response measures) plays in the correlation among measures.

More information on their work is available here.

About APLU

Founded in 1887, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU, A Public University Association), is an association of public research universities, land-grant institutions, and many state public university systems.  Its 219 members enroll more than 3.6 million students, award approximately a half-million degrees annually, and have an estimated 20 million alumni.  As the nation’s oldest higher education association, APLU is dedicated to excellence in learning, discovery and engagement.  For more information, visit www.aplu.org.