Best Practices in Accounting Program Assessment

This publication presents an executive summary of a two-year project by the Best Practices in Accounting Program Assessment Committee of the American Accounting Association’s (AAA) Teaching and Curriculum Section. The summary discusses the evolution of assessment, assessment processes, and such assessment challenges as motivating faculty and selecting appropriate measurement metrics for assessment. It also includes a set of eight normative best practice criteria as well as descriptions and comments on three best practice examples.