Can smaller colleges use the AAC&U rubrics?

Abstract

This article introduces the American Association of Colleges and University's (AAC& U) Value Rubrics to smaller colleges and describes how the Value Rubrics (2009) offered free to download from the AAC&U website may be used as effective assessment tools in academic and information literacy courses and programs on their campuses. This article also describe why and how a small Kansas college has proceeded to use the AAC&U Value Rubrics alongside the SAILS pre-and post-test to assess a for-credit information literacy course offered to undergraduate students. test to assess a for-credit information literacy course offered to undergraduate students.