Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles
ResearchPosted on rand.org Nov 1, 2014Published in: Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles, Students at the Center: Competency Education Research Series, (Boston, MA: Jobs for the Future, Nov. 2014), 26 p
Equity is both a central goal and fundamental value of competency education. Competency-based approaches are designed to promote equity by preventing students from falling behind or staying behind. In practice, however, poorly implemented competency-based programs could inadvertently increase inequity—in opportunities and in outcomes. Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles—the second paper of Students at the Center's Competency Education Research Series—examines equity concerns in competency education through the lens of family income, exploring the effects and implications, as well as proposing potential mitigations.
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