Competency-based education in three pilot programs : examining implementation and outcomes / Jennifer L. Steele, Matthew W. Lewis, Lucrecia Santiban⁺ёez, Susannah Faxon-Mills, Mollie Rudnick, Brian M. Stecher, Laura S. Hamilton
- Title
- Competency-based education in three pilot programs : examining implementation and outcomes / Jennifer L. Steele, Matthew W. Lewis, Lucrecia Santibañez, Susannah Faxon-Mills, Mollie Rudnick, Brian M. Stecher, Laura S. Hamilton
- Author
- Steele, Jennifer L.
- Published
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 106 pages) : color illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Lewis, Matthew W., Santibáñez, Lucrecia, Faxon-Mills, Susannah, Hamilton, Laura S., Stecher, Brian M., Rudnick, Mollie, Rand Education (Institute), Rand Corporation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Santiba⁺ѓn⁺ёez, Lucrecia
Access Online
- www.jstor.org , Open Access
- Restrictions on Access
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
- Contents
- Introduction -- Evaluation Settings and Methodological Approach -- Intervention Development and Implementation -- Tensions in the Implementation of Competency-Based Models -- Students' Experiences in the Project Mastery Pilot Classes -- Student Outcomes in the Project Mastery Sites -- Conclusion.
- Summary
- In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created the Project Mastery grant program to support competency-based education initiatives in large school systems that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged youth. 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 Foundation asked RAND to evaluate these efforts in terms of implementation, students' experiences, and student performance. This report presents final results from that evaluation, offering an overview of competency-based education and the Project Mastery grant projects and describing the implementation of competency-based educational features under each project. The report concludes with six lessons for policy, partnerships, and practice.
- Report Numbers
- RAND/RR-732-BMGF
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780833089601 (electronic bk.)
0833089609 (electronic bk.)
9780833087256
0833087258 - Digital File Characteristics
- text file PDF
- Note
- "RAND Education."
"Prepared for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106).
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