Productivity Implications of a Shift to Competency-Based Education: An environmental scan and review of the relevant literature

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Productivity Implications of a Shift to Competency-Based Education: An environmental scan and review of the relevant literature
Brian Abner, Oksana Bartosh, Charles Ungerleider, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, June 18, 2014
I think this is true: "There is no systematic, comprehensive study indicating that the purported skills from a CBE program translate into performance, either in graduation results or in the labour market." That does not mean that competency-based education is the wrong way to go, say the authors of a report (75 page PDF) from from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), but it does suggest that it should be embraced cautiously. More...