This report includes a Maryland statewide analysis, by competency, of student learning outcomes, assessment activities at community colleges, as well as public four-year colleges and universities. The workgroup decide that these reports would focus on each of the five competencies related to general education and essential skills that are identified in Standard 12 of Middle States' accreditation process: (1) written and oral communication; (2) scientific and quantitative reasoning; (3) critical analysis and reasoning; (4) technological competency; and (5) information literacy.