Definition
In outcome-based learning, all school programs and instructional efforts are designed to have produced specific, lasting results in students by the time they leave school.
Basic Elements
One of the leading examples of an outcome-based learning program is the Outcome-Driven Developmental Model (ODDM) of the school system in Johnson City, New York. The principles followed by outcome-based learning practitioners include:
- Clarity of focus around significant, culminating exit outcomes, which are defined by each school
- Expansion of available time and resources so that all students successfully reach the exit outcomes
- Consistent, high expectations of 100% success
- Explicit relationships between any learning experience and the ultimate outcomes to which that experience is essential
Under OBE, curriculum design includes these steps:
Discern future conditions
Derive exit outcomes
Develop performance indicators
Design learning experiences
Determine instructional strategies
Deliver instruction
Document results
Determine advancement
Reading
- Successful Schooling for All: A Primer on Outcome-Based Education and Mastery Learning, Gray, I. Lee (Ed.). Network for Outcome-Based Schools, Johnson City Central Schools, 666 Reynolds Road, Johnson City, NY 13790. (1-9 copies $10.95 each)
