| Title: | Defining and Assessing Learning: Exploring Competency-Based Initiatives |
| Description: | Legislators, employers, accrediting agencies, and others are often more interested in what skills and abilities students have, than in the number of credit hours the students have accumulated. This report is a hands-on resource that introduces basic information about the construction and use of competency assessments and includes the results of eight case studies of competency-based programs. A set of operating principles to guide best practices in this field is gleaned from these case studies. The publication also relays important information about the theory of competency-based education and addresses issues involved in compiling, analyzing, maintaining, and reporting data about students’ competencies. |
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| Cover Date: | September 2002 |
| Web Release: | November 15, 2002 |
| Print Release: | November 6, 2002 |
| Publication #: | NCES 2002159 Order Your Free Copy Now From Ed Pubs General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Elizabeth Jones and Richard Voorhees, with Karen Paulson |
| Type of Product: | Research and Development Report |
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National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) |
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For questions about the content of this Research and Development Report, please contact: Nancy B. Borkow. |
