Assurance of Learning: Adaptatons of Standardized Written and Oral Communication Rubrics

Business are familiar with standards for Assurance of Learning, which require systematic processes for documenting student learning, determining the extent to which learning goals are being achieved, and ensure that needed curricular and pedagogical changes are implemented to improve outcomes. Written and oral communication are the most frequently and most consistently measured skills in AACSB business schools. This practice-based study reviews the literature on the impact of rubrics on faculty and students and explores faculty adaptations of standardized writing rubrics used by an AACSB-accredited school of business. It demonstrates from multiple faculty perspectives and courses the positive impact of rubrics on teaching and learning.