Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs Examining Implementation and Outcomes

Competency-based education meets students where they are academically, provides students with opportunities for choice, and awards credit for evidence of learning, not for the time students spend studying a subject. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation asked RAND to evaluate three competency-base...

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Main Authors Steele, Jennifer L, Lewis, Matthew W, Santibanez, Lucrecia, Faxon-Mills, Susannah, Rudnick, Mollie
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published RAND Corporation 04.08.2014
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Book Industry Communication
Curriculum planning & development
Curriculum planning and development
Education
Education: examinations and assessment
Educational strategies & policy
Educational strategies and policy
Educational systems and structures
Examinations & assessment
Organization & management of education
Society & social sciences
Society and Social Sciences
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Summary:Competency-based education meets students where they are academically, provides students with opportunities for choice, and awards credit for evidence of learning, not for the time students spend studying a subject. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation asked RAND to evaluate three competency-based education grants in terms of implementation, students’ experiences, and student performance.
ISBN:0833087258
9780833087256
0833089609
9780833089601
DOI:10.7249/j.ctt14bs3qj