ERIC Number: ED561112
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 132
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-0-8330-8725-6
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Competency-Based Education in Three Pilot Programs: Examining Implementation and Outcomes
Steele, Jennifer L.; Lewis, Matthew W.; Santibanez, Lucrecia; Faxon-Mills, Susannah; Rudnick, Mollie; Stecher, Brian M.; Hamilton, Laura S.
RAND Corporation
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. [For the brief of this report, see ED561105.]
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Pilot Projects, Program Implementation, Program Descriptions, Educational Practices, Student Experience, Academic Achievement, Partnerships in Education, Educational Technology, Material Development, Database Management Systems, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, High Schools, Middle Schools, Secondary School Mathematics, Grants, Surveys, Global Approach, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Middle Schools; Junior High Schools; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Authoring Institution: RAND Education
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