The mission of the New England Educational Assessment Network is to promote quality assessment of student learning and development, and thus to enhance the effectiveness of institutions of higher education.

• Offering its membership opportunities to learn about best practices and emerging trends in assessment through conferences, workshops, institutes, publications and other means;


• Reaching out to professionals in higher education as well as to a wide range of associations and policy-making bodies with an interest in higher education;


• Promoting the scholarship of assessment through networking, the open exchange of ideas, and grant-funded projects;


• Communicating with the wider public about the complexities of higher education and its value to a democratic society; and


• Striving to become New England’s resource of choice for consulting, referrals, and other assessment-related services.