Developing equity policy framework designed to connect vulnerable populations to a ‘guided pathways to credentials’ policy framework. The framework will tackle policy obstacles specific to on-ramps to, persistence in and completion of guided pathways to credentials for opportunity youth, veterans, undocumented immigrants, and justice-involved individuals. JFF also is convening a group of national thought leaders and developing a paper exploring how online and hybrid competency based education models can better…

Today, many employers lack reliable ways of assessing the extent to which applicants have the necessary skills and knowledge for their positions. As a result, they must rely instead on sub-optimal metrics, including applicants’ educational attainment and the prestige of the school they attended. CED’s Essential Competencies Project examines the feasibility and efficacy of competency-based hiring and works with select companies to screen applicants at initial stages of the hiring…

Essential Competencies Project – Led by the Committee for Economic Development, this project is a four-year study of competency-based hiring by a select group of businesses. Many employers are uncertain about the skills and knowledge that predict job performance and lack reliable ways of assessing applicant skills. As a result, employers rely instead on educational attainment as a predictor of how well qualified the applicant is. This study is examining the…

Cedefop’s European inventory on national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) shows that as national qualifications frameworks take shape and are implemented, their benefits and added value become more visible. So far, 21 countries have indicated NQF/EQF levels in their qualifications documents and databases. The main catalyst for this development in Europe has been the European qualifications framework (EQF). NQFs offer a more comprehensive picture of a county’s qualification landscape. They make education,…

The learning outcomes principle is – explicitly since 2004 – systematically promoted in the EU policy agenda for education, training and employment. The learning outcomes approach binds together important European tools developed during the last decade, notably the European Qualification Frameworks (EQF). At national level, the learning outcomes form the basis on which national qualifications frameworks  are built and is increasingly influencing the definition and writing of qualifications and curricula…

Nancy Zimpher Chancellor State University of New York System http://www.suny.edu/

Under Federal HEA Title IV experimental sites authority, conducting experiments on how to accommodate Prior Learning Assessment, Competency-Based Education and Limited Direct Assessment under federal student financial aid programs. Managed and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

This publication outlines the objectives of this framework including how it works with existing frameworks.