Learning Recognition Resources and Research

TYPES OF PLA

Types of Prior Learning Assessments (Center for Leadership in Credentialing Learning, SUNY Empire State College, 2021)

Portfolio Assessment


RESOURCES

Prior Learning Assessment – Open Education Resource on PLA in Lumen (by Susan Oaks, SUNY Empire State College)

Handbook on PLA (Travers, 2017)

Considerations for Implementing PLA at Your Institution (Center for Leadership in Credentialing Learning, SUNY Empire State College, 2020)

Credit for Prior Learning Business Model Considerations (Center for Leadership in Credentialing Learning, SUNY Empire State College, 2021)

Credit for Prior Learning Communication Plan Outline (Center for Leadership in Credentialing Learning, SUNY Empire State College, 2021)

National Resource Center on Prior Learning

A Brighter Future Through Prior Learning (CAEL)

Introducing Graduate Level PLA (CAEL)

CAEL Resources, publications and reports on PLA


RESEARCH

Prior Learning Assessment Inside Out: An International Journal on Theory, Research and Practice in Prior Learning Assessment (SUNY Empire State College)

The PLA Boost: Results from a 72-Institution Targeted Study of Prior Learning Assessment and Adult Learner Outcomes (2020). New Research from CAEL and WICHE on Prior Learning Assessment and Adult Student Outcomes

Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 42-Institution Study of Prior Learning Assessment and Adult Student Outcomes (CAEL, 2010)

PLA Is Your Business: Pricing and Other Considerations for the PLA Business Model – Findings from a National Survey of PLA Program Leaders (CAEL, 2015)

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