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
Subjects
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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ISBN0833087258
9780833087256
0833089609
9780833089601
DOI10.7249/j.ctt14bs3qj

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  • Front Matter Preface Table of Contents Figures Tables Summary Acknowledgments Abbreviations CHAPTER ONE: Introduction CHAPTER TWO: Evaluation Settings and Methodological Approach CHAPTER THREE: Intervention Development and Implementation CHAPTER FOUR: Tensions in the Implementation of Competency-Based Models CHAPTER FIVE: Students’ Experiences in the Project Mastery Pilot Classes CHAPTER SIX: Student Outcomes in the Project Mastery Sites CHAPTER SEVEN: Conclusion References