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Christopher Joseph Doss; Rebecca L. Wolfe; Miray Tekkumru-Kisa; Karen Christianson; Michelle D. Ziegler; Julia H. Kaufman – Grantee Submission, 2024
Micro-credentials are increasingly being adopted across a variety of industries and countries, including the kindergarten through grade 12 education system in the United States, as a way to identify workers with specific skills, knowledge, and competencies. This report presents the results of a study conducted by RAND researchers who investigated…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Credentials, Program Implementation
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Fein, David; Maynard, Rebecca A. – Grantee Submission, 2022
In 2015, Abt Associates received a grant from the Institutes for Education Sciences (IES) for a five-year "Development and Innovation" study of PTC. The purposes of the study were to gauge progress in implementing PTC and to develop and test improvements where needed. Fein et al. (2020) summarize the IES study's approach and findings. A…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Program Improvement, College Students
Daugherty, Lindsay – Grantee Submission, 2020
"Stackable credential programs" are designed to make it easier for students to earn multiple postsecondary certificates or degrees in a field as they advance in their careers. To examine the stacking of credentials in Ohio and inform ongoing efforts to scale stackable credential programs, the Ohio Department of Higher Education and the…
Descriptors: Data Use, Educational Improvement, Postsecondary Education, Credentials
Giani, Matt S. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of mobile app courseware on the college outcomes of developmental education students, using a research design which randomly assigned course sections to receive access to the apps or not. The results show that access to the apps significantly improved student performance in developmental…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Courseware
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Feng Chen; Douglas N. Harris; Mary Penn – Grantee Submission, 2024
Research on charter schools tends to focus on direct and immediate effects on student outcomes. However, there may be unintended indirect effects on, for example, the teacher labor market. Charter schools tend to hire teachers with fewer traditional teaching credentials, which may reduce the equilibrium quantity of teachers who have traditional…
Descriptors: Teacher Supply and Demand, Charter Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Universities
Daugherty, Lindsay; Kramer, Jenna W.; Anderson, Drew M.; Bozick, Robert – Grantee Submission, 2020
Stackable credential programs--that is, programs that facilitate students' ability to earn multiple postsecondary certificates or degrees--have been a priority for Ohio, which has a long history of legislation, state and regional initiatives, and institution-led efforts to build more-effective pathways to address the needs of employers and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Engineering Education, Manufacturing