Home-schooled students will be admitted as they are now but will have the additional opportunity to verify some or all PASS proficiencies. Wherever possible, international tests and degrees will be correlated with PASS proficiencies. Other than that, current policies will remain in place and be reviewed and adjusted over time. We have begun to align key parts of the first-year curriculum with the PASS standards. Foreign language faculty are working with high school teachers to implement a common system of standards for oral proficiency with levels extending beyond that required for college admission.
Similar projects are in the works for other disciplines.
We anticipate that faculty and departments will be more explicit about course standards and expectations. We also expect that the standards-based model will influence new and that projects and scoring guides will become increasingly common as means of evaluating students. Performance-based teaching and learning are embedded in many degree programs that lead to professional certification. Newer programs, such as those for fisheries and wildlife have clearly delineated outcomes and goals. The college of engineering is developing college-wide learning outcomes and assessment techniques as an accreditation requirement.