This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Origins of the WASC Assessment Leadership Academy; (2) Editor's Notes: Parallel Paths to Progress in Assessment in Europe and the United States; (3) The Impact of the First Three Years of the WASC Assessment Leadership Academy; (4) Restructuring the Writing Program at Berkeley City College: Or How We Learned to Love Assessment and Use It to Improve Student Learning; (5) Aligning Outcomes Throughout the Curriculum; and (6) Assessment Leadership from the Trenches: Facilitating the Move from "Grudging Compliance" to "Creative Ownership." A list of recommended reading is included.