Marks flatten human potential. Two students may each score 80 in a Maths exam. Yet one might read a chart like a detective. The other may model a situation with elegant algebra. Conventional testing ...

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Educational Testing Service are teaming up to develop a new way to evaluate competency-based learning. The two organizations announced ...

The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has released sample exams for the new Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) competency-based assessment. Mr Dan Odongo, the Uneb’s executive director, on ...

The previous chapter identifies eight competencies that the available research suggests are related to undergraduate persistence and success: (1) behaviors related to conscientiousness; (2) sense of ...

Competency-based education (CBE) programs may be an appealing alternative to conventional seat-time-based postsecondary degrees, but CBE’s long-term viability hinges on the credibility of these ...

Moreover, ongoing curriculum reforms introduced by the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service require teachers ...