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Measuring What Matters: The UW Flexible Option's Framework to Measure Success from the Student Vantage Point

Measuring What Matters: The UW Flexible Option's Framework to Measure Success from the Student Vantage Point

Aaron Brower, Sandra Kallio, Rebecca Karoff, Mark Mailloux, David Schejbal
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781522509325|ISBN10: 1522509321|EISBN13: 9781522509332
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0932-5.ch014
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Brower, Aaron, et al. "Measuring What Matters: The UW Flexible Option's Framework to Measure Success from the Student Vantage Point." Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings, edited by Karen Rasmussen, et al., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 268-282. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0932-5.ch014

APA

Brower, A., Kallio, S., Karoff, R., Mailloux, M., & Schejbal, D. (2017). Measuring What Matters: The UW Flexible Option's Framework to Measure Success from the Student Vantage Point. In K. Rasmussen, P. Northrup, & R. Colson (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings (pp. 268-282). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0932-5.ch014

Chicago

Brower, Aaron, et al. "Measuring What Matters: The UW Flexible Option's Framework to Measure Success from the Student Vantage Point." In Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings, edited by Karen Rasmussen, Pamela Northrup, and Robin Colson, 268-282. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0932-5.ch014

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Abstract

This chapter demonstrates that competency-based education requires a different set of student success metrics, and introduces the metrics framework developed by and for the University of Wisconsin's UW Flexible Option (UW Flex). UW Flex is a direct assessment competency-based self-paced model for earning degrees and certificates from institutions in the UW System. It was supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation to develop a competency-based education blueprint for success and includes a set of student-centric metrics meaningful to the model, the curriculum, and the students who are being served in Flex programs. The framework defines student success as students moving through programs at their own pace, demonstrating mastery of subject matter, and meeting academic goals. Program-level metrics aggregate each of these three student-level metrics to provide useful information about the success of a program. The authors also build the case that strategic management of resources is required to overcome challenges inherent in implementing the UW Flexible Option metrics framework.

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