The Great Grade Illusion: Are We Educating or Just Passing - Passing Everyone, Failing the Future! Assurance of Learning (AoL) was never meant to be a compliance ritual—it was designed as a guarantee that graduates leave institutions with demonstrable knowledge, skills, and professional readiness. Yet, in many institutions today, AoL stands hollowed out, defeated not in theory but in practice. The distortion begins where assessment integrity ends. Assurance of Learning (AoL) was never meant to be a compliance ritual—it was designed as a guarantee that graduates leave institutions with demonstrable knowledge, skills, and professional readiness. Yet, in many institutions today, AoL stands hollowed out, defeated not in theory but in practice. The distortion begins where assessment integrity ends. When examinations, evaluations, and grading systems are subtly—or overtly—compromised to satisfy management expectat...
