an educational system focussed and organised around clearly defined outcomes which students are expected to demonstrate upon completion. outsourcing the practice of having goods or services provided by a person or persons outside the business or organisation.

System of rating or evaluating schools which focuses on student learning, as compared to inputs which focus more on what the staff and school are doing; examples of inputs are number of books in the library, the student/teacher ratio, the number of hours spent on a particular subject; examples of outcomes are students' ability to read, write, or solve problems.

An educational system focussed and organised around clearly defined outcomes that students are expected to demonstrate on completion.

An educational system focused on and organised around clearly defined outcomes that students are expected to demonstrate upon completion. Source: Department of Education, Science and Training, National Training System Glossary.

An education theory that guides curriculum by setting goals for students to accomplish. Reference