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

• Main Author: Steele, Jennifer L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Lewis, Matthew W. (auth), Santibanez, Lucrecia (auth), Faxon-Mills, Susannah (auth), Rudnick, Mollie (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Education; Curriculum planning & development; Examinations & assessment; Educational strategies & policy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...