The charges to the Working Group on Educational Outcomes are to promote the development and dissemination of resource materials to assist member programs in the development and implementation of meaningful educational outcomes programs, and to provide feedback to ASHA's Council on Academic Accreditation regarding accreditation standards and guidelines pertaining to educational outcomes.

 Members of this Working Group for 1999-2000 are Brooke Hallowell (Chair), Nicholas Bankson, Cynthia Bartlett, and Nan Lund.

 During 1999-2000 the Working Group on Educational Outcomes has undertaken the following tasks:

• Planning for the outcomes assessment section of the April 2000 conference, with a focus on specific hands-on strategies for improving formative assessment practices.
• Consideration of means of informing member programs about ways in which work to help students meet the new audiology certification standards and the newly proposed SLP certification standards may be complemented by improved outcomes assessment practices.  This has included consultation with John Saxman, the CAPCSD's ad hoc contact with the ASHA's Council on Professional Standards in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
• Continued collection of assessment instruments from member programs, and  dissemination of outcomes assessment materials at the CAPCSD annual conference.  Cost of photocopies, mailing, and faxing of instruments has continued to be a barrier to having the Working Group serve as an ongoing clearinghouse for outcomes assessment  materials.
• With the publication of the 2000 Conference proceedings, the Working Group on  Educational Outcomes has completed its charges.