California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 6 - California Community Colleges › Chapter 6 - Curriculum and Instruction › Subchapter 3 - Alternative Instructional Methodologies › Article 6 - Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education › Section 55270.1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For purposes of this article, the following definitions
						shall apply:
(a) An "assessment" in
					 direct assessment competency-based education is a means for determining either
					 a student's progress towards mastery or a student's demonstration of mastery of
					 competencies. A "formative assessment" measures student progress; a "summative
					 assessment" measures mastery of a competency. Formative assessments include,
					 but are not limited to, quizzes or drafts of a project or writing assignment
					 such as outlines or rough drafts. Summative assessments include, but are not
					 limited to, final examinations, presentations, portfolios, and
					 reports.
(b) "Competencies" are the
					 integration of knowledge, skills, and attitudes in complex ways that require
					 multiple elements of learning. Competencies represent the acquisition of
					 knowledge, skills, abilities and intellectual behaviors that reflect the
					 balancing of theory and application present in a demonstration of
					 mastery.
(c) "Competency-Based
					 Education Program Map" means a description of the direct assessment
					 competency-based education program and shall specify all elements defined in
					 this article.
(d) "Direct
					 assessment competency-based education" in the California community colleges is
					 an intentional outcomes-based and equity-minded approach to earning a college
					 degree in which the expectations of learning are held constant, but time is
					 variable through a flexible, self-paced, high-touch and innovative learning
					 practice.
(e) "Direct assessment
					 program" has the same meaning as in Title 34, Section
					 668.10, of the Code of Federal
					 Regulations, and is a program that, in lieu of credit or clock hours as the
					 measure of student learning, utilizes direct assessment of student learning, or
					 recognizes the direct assessment of student learning by others. The assessment
					 must be consistent with the accreditation of the institution or program
					 utilizing the results of the assessment.
(f) "Direct assessment of student learning"
					 has the same meaning as in Title 34, Section
					 668.10, of the Code of Federal
					 Regulations, and means a measure of a student's knowledge, skills, and
					 abilities designed to provide evidence of the student's proficiency in the
					 relevant subject area.
(g)
					 "Disproportionately Impacted" in broad terms is a condition where access to key
					 resources and supports or academic success may be hampered by inequitable
					 practices, policies, and approaches to student support or instructional
					 practices affecting a specific group. For the purpose of targeted outreach and
					 evaluation for direct assessment competency-based education, disproportionate
					 impact is when the percentage of persons from a particular racial, ethnic,
					 gender. age, or disability group has educational attainment and outcomes
					 significantly different from the representation of that group in the student
					 population, and that discrepancy is not justified by empirical
					 evidence.
(h) "Equity" is the
					 condition under which individuals are provided the resources they need to have
					 access to the same opportunities as the general population. Equity accounts for
					 systematic inequalities, meaning the distribution of resources provides more
					 for those who need it most. Conversely, equality indicates uniformity where
					 everything is evenly distributed among people.
(i) "Mastery" means a student has mastered
					 the competency by meeting or exceeding the minimum requirement of 80 percent or
					 higher on the summative assessment.
(j) "Module" means a curriculum framework for
					 the delivery of learning and assessments tied to measurable competencies
					 leading to mastery. Modules are organized, bundled, and sequenced within a
					 program. A program is "offered in modules" if the program uses a standard term
					 or nonstandard-term academic calendar, is not a subscription-based program, and
					 a course or courses in the program do not span the entire length of the period
					 of enrollment.
1. New
						section filed 9-3-2021; operative 10-3-2021. Submitted to OAL for filing and
						printing only pursuant to Education Code section
						70901.5
						(Register 2021, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  66700 and
						  70901,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  70901 and
						  70902,
						  Education Code; and Section
						  668.10 of Title 34, Code of
						  Federal Regulations.