Major speeches from the 1998 AAHE Assessment Conference on assessment's contributions to improvement and accountability; the relationship of faculty to accreditation; invigorating learning through appropriate assessment; assessing programs, institutions, and powerful pedagogies; and choosing questions, methods, and ways to communicate results most effectively. Bruce M. Alberts, Judith Eaton, Sue Rohan, Stephen Ehrmann, Jean MacGregor, Jon Wergin, and Margaret A. Miller.