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Results are reported at the school level to help faculty and administrators improve teaching and learning. Schools use the CLA to estimate contributions to higher-order skills and student learning outcomes. The assessment uses online, open-ended prompts with two task types—Performance Tasks and Analytic Writing—and requires written responses without multiple-choice questions.","Student  \nWHAT IS THE CLA?  \nThe Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) is an open-ended assessment that provides a measure of an institution’s contribution to the development of critical thinking and writing skills of its students.  \nUnlike many of the exams you may be familiar with, the CLA reports the results at the school level, rather than at the student level. And while the CLA allows schools to benchmark how much progress their students have made relative to the progress of similar students at other colleges, it is not designed to rank institutions, nor it is designed to rank students. 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Most students will take one task or the other, not both. The Analytic Writing Task includes a pair of prompts called Make-an-Argument and Critiquean-Argument.  \nAll CLA tasks are administered online and contain open-ended prompts that require written responses. There are no multiple-choice questions.  \nThe two task types are randomly distributed to students upon entering the testing environment through the online Student Interface.  \nThe CLAtasks are designed to assess students’ general higher-order thinking and writing skills regardless of their academic concentrations. These skills are not  \nonly necessary for success in college; they are important for success in the workplace and other aspects of life outside the classroom. No prior knowledge of any particular field is necessary in order to perform well on the CLA.  \nWHY IS YOUR PARTICIPATION IMPORTANT TO YOUR SCHOOL?  \nAn assessment program like the CLA requires the cooperation of many members of your institution, including administrators, faculty, and students.  \nThe students who participate in the CLA contribute to the results and data that inform your institution about its students’ learning. 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