Washington Accord

As of 2008, the largest producers of lead resources in the world included China, Australia, the United States, Peru, Mexico, Canada, and India. In the United States, most of the lead produced came ftom Missouri, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Washington. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 88 percent of the lead used in the United States was used by the lead-acid storage battery industry. 

Liew, C. R, Puteh, M., Mohammad, S. (2014). Best practices in Washington Accord signatories With reference to the accreditation criteria, systems and procedures. 2014 International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering, 9-12 April 2014, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. 

As this text goes into press, it may be noted that India has become a signatory to the Washington Accord as of June 15th, 2014. 

Use of the Washington Accord graduate athibutes as overall objectives for engineering education, with assessment based on these attributes. 

Design and use of curricula based on Washington Accord graduate attributes to establish student goals and develop professional competencies... 

Washington Accord. Available at http //www.washingtonaccord.org. Accessed January 9, 2014. 

The United States, much of Europe, and countries that are signatories of the Washington Accord have adopted outcomes-based program accreditation systems. These systems shift the focus of accreditation from documentation of what has been taught to assessment of what students have learned and remediation of shortfalls in targeted learning outcomes. 

The graduate attributes as stated by NBA are in the spirit of program outcomes as stated in Washington Accord graduate attributes are referred to as program outcomes by Washington Accord). 

Washington Accord (1989) Recognizes substantial equivalence in the accreditation of qualifications in professional engineering, normally of four years duration. Sydney Accord (2001) Recognizes substantial equivalence in the accreditation of qualifications in engineering technology, normally of three years duration. Dublin Accord (2002) Accredits substantial equivalence of tertiary qualifications in technician engineering, normally of two years duration. 

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