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Author Stecher, Brian M., author.

Title Measuring hard-to-measure student competencies : a research and development plan / Brian M. Stecher, Laura S. Hamilton.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 84 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note "RAND Education."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84).
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Rationale for developing new measures -- 3. Research and development guidelines -- 4. Promoting high-quality measures: Recommendations and challenges -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Summary of the White House workshop on hard-to-measure 21st-century skills -- Appendix B. Experts who participated in meetings and interviews.
Summary Efforts to prepare students for college, careers, and civic engagement have traditionally emphasized academic skills, but a growing body of research suggests that interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies, such as communication and resilience, are important predictors of postsecondary success and citizenship. One of the major challenges in designing educational interventions to support these outcomes is a lack of high-quality measures that could help educators, students, parents, and others understand how students perform and monitor their development over time. This report provides guidelines to promote thoughtful development of practical, high-quality measures of interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies that practitioners and policymakers can use to improve valued outcomes for students.
Note Print version.
Language English.
Subject Competency-based education.
Competency-Based Education
Éducation basée sur la compétence.
EDUCATION -- Evaluation & Assessment.
Competency-based education
Added Author Hamilton, Laura S., author.
Rand Education (Institute), sponsoring body.
Rand Corporation, issuing body.
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Other Form: 0833088068
ISBN 9780833089328 (electronic bk.)
0833089323 (electronic bk.)
0833088068
9780833088062
Report No. RAND/RR-863-WFHF
Standard No. AU@ 000061155971
AU@ 000066302629
GBVCP 1008663050

 
    
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