A more successful learning experience for ALL students
Getting the data: AHELO will be a direct assessment of what students know and can do upon graduation. This data will be linked to information on student background and the learning environment through a contextual survey.
Using the data: this will highlight best practicesand effective teaching and learning strategies, for different contexts and different types of students, i.e. what works, for whom and in which contexts?
The ultimate goal of AHELO is to develop usable knowledge – for academics, departments and institutions – on what they can do to enable all students to succeed. The AHELO feasibility study will also advance student success indirectly since its emphasis on learning outcomes is contributing to raising awareness and shift public perceptions of quality towards greater weight on teaching.
Why should you sponsor AHELO?
It is in everyone’s interest to see this project developed and developed well. High quality education for all is a priority. But public spending on education does not always reflect this. AHELO is a cutting edge project and like many bold initiatives it needs support philanthropic support to prove itself.
The first phase of the feasibility study is going strong but we need partners to help finance the second phase: the development of the contextual questionnaire which will be essential for identifying best practices and the implementation of the tests in the participating institutions.
Some concrete benefits for you:
Once a partner, you will be able to follow progress of the AHELO feasibility study via access to the AHELO interactive 2.0 Web social media platform. This platform allows you to browse key documents, as well as take part or initiate discussions on the study with other stakeholders.
Our website is an important communication tool since the OECD webpage generated 5 million views and 17 million Google references in 2008 with Education being the most overall visited topic.
In addition we offer prestigious and concrete benefits to our Sponsors:
Your name associated with the OECD:
An international organization that brings together the governments of countries from around the world
A high profile organization that has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics and economic and social data for more than 40 years
...on the OECD's flagship project for higher education
AHELO is the largest and most visible project on higher education within the OECD
AHELO raises a lot of interest in the international press
A concrete opportunity to increase your organization's visibility using our communication tools:
Logo placement on the AHELO webpage with the corresponding link to your webpage
Your organization listed in the Sponsors section of the AHELO feasibility study final report
Additional benefits are available for our most generous sponsors, depending on the amount of the grant:
Logo placement on the press tool kit for AHELO press conferences
Logo placement on the top of list on the AHELO webpage
Foundation sponsorship announcement in AHELO newsletter
Invitation to the AHELO feasibility study final conference and/or logo placement on its agenda
Booth at the final conference
Current sponsors
The work of the feasibility study has been financed by the participating countries and through generous contributions from our sponsors:
"We at Lumina Foundation are very interested in developing effective ways to measure what college students are actually learning. Establishing these measurable learning outcomes is a vital step in ensuring that institutions best meet the needs of students, the workforce and society as a whole. There is no doubt that higher education in the United States - as elsewhere-faces significant, persistent challenges in its efforts to foster and ensure equity. The gap between Americans with college degrees and those without college degrees has always been too wide, and it's actually getting wider. So closing the achievement gap isn't just a nice thing to do, it's also the smart thing to do. If assessing learning outcomes internationally helps us to do that, as AHELO endeavors, then I'm all for it."
Jamie Merisotis, President, Lumina Foundation for Education
"A widely accepted measurement system which could assess, across countries, what undergraduate students know and can do would be an exceptionally valuable tool in assessing how higher education institutions and systems perform by reference to international benchmarks. Current systems of comparison, while providing valuable insights into performance, suffer from important deficiencies. In addition, the process of evaluation against clear and relevant metrics would give HEIs an incentive to focus on outcomes and a better sense of where they should put their resources and energies. The ALELO project offers the prospect of achieving these outcomes which is why Ireland is happy to support this pilot project."
Tom Boland -Higher Education Authority of Ireland (HEA)
Interview with Professor Daniel Tarschys, President of Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Sweden)
This report highlights the significant impact of the institutions’ environment, trends in the quality of academia, teaching methods and learning conditions.
This report will prove to be an invaluable resource for all those interested in the broad international picture of education, as well as for those wanting to know more about OECD work in this important domain.
