Competency-based education in three pilot programs examining implementation and outcomes
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 st...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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RAND
[2014]©2014, 2014
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| 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 |
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| Item Description: | "RAND Education.". - "Prepared for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 106 pages color illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780833087256 0833087258 |