The University of Wisconsin System will be part of a new national program in which universities provide standardized information in the same format so prospective students and their parents can compare institutions.
Though the UW System has been providing much of the information online for years, this new format will for the first time include test results that show how much students learn during their time at the universities.
The tests will compare randomly selected freshmen with randomly selected seniors to measure gains in critical thinking and written communication across all academic disciplines.