; (III) has the administrative capacity and expertise that will ensure the validity and reliability of assessments of competencies and that the institution follows good practices in assessment and measurement; (IV) provides sufficient faculty instruction, educational content, activities, and resources to enable students to learn or develop what is required to demonstrate or attain mastery of competencies and that such requirements are consistent with the claims that the institution makes for the qualifications of graduates; and (V) has defined an academic year in accordance with section 481(a)(3); ; (D) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows: (5) the standards for accreditation of the agency or association assess the institution’s success with respect to student learning and educational outcomes in relation to the institution’s mission, which may include different standards for different institutions or programs, except that the standards shall include consideration of student learning and educational outcomes in relation to expected measures of student learning and educational outcomes, which at the agency’s or association’s discretion are established— (A) by the agency or association; or (B) by the institution or program, at the institution or program level, as the case may be, if the institution or program— (i) defines expected student learning goals and educational outcomes; (ii) measures and evaluates student learning, educational outcomes, and, if appropriate, other outcomes of the students who complete their program of study; (iii) uses information about student learning, educational outcomes, and, if appropriate, other outcomes, to improve the institution or program; and (iv) makes such information available to appropriate constituencies; ; and (E) in paragraph (8), by striking , upon request, ; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Separate and inserting Separately Incorporated