Many college seniors returning to class around the U.S. will be required to take a new standardized test, the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+). The goal of the test is to help compare the intellectual achievements of undergraduates from different schools.
Approximately 200 colleges and universities have signed up to give the CLA+ tests at the end of the current academic year. The test will measure analysis, problem solving, writing, quantitative reasoning and reading according to the Council for Aid to Education.
The student has the option of placing his or her corresponding score on their resume, which may demonstrate the ultimate value of their college education.
Douglas Bennett, a Council for Aid board member, said that the test showed promise.
Source: Daniel Lovering, Not enough to graduate college: Now there's an exit exam, NBC NEWS (August 26, 2013) http://www.nbcnews.com/business/not-enough-graduate-college-now-theres-exit-exam-8C11006596.
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