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Vernez, Georges; Culbertson, Shelly; Constant, Louay – RAND Corporation, 2014
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) began an ambitious reform of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's (KRI's) kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) education system beginning in 2007 in an effort to modernize the curriculum, upgrade school facilities, and raise the quality of instruction. In 2010, RAND was asked to conduct a one-year study to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Access to Education
Daugherty, Lindsay; Davis, Van L.; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2015
Higher-education institutions in Texas are increasingly exploring innovative approaches to structuring and delivering degree programs. Several institutions have developed competency-based degree programs, which aim to offer new pathways for students to obtain postsecondary credentials and to reduce higher-education costs for students by focusing…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Academic Degrees