Research is growing in the field of prior learning assessment and there are many resources to learn more about research and access resources.
International Research:
- PLA is Your Business
- Credit for Prior Learning: Charting Institutional Practice for Sustainability
- Fueling the Race to Postsecondary Success: A 48-Institution Study of Prior Learning Assessment and Adult Student Outcome: Executive Summary & Full Report
- Random Access: The Latino Experience with Prior Learning Assessment
- Availability, Use and Value of Prior Learning Assessment within Community Colleges
Noteworthy Resources
- Researching the Recognition of Prior Learning: International Perspectives (Harris, Breier, & Whiak, 2011)
- Handbook of the Recognition of Prior Learning: Research into Practice (Harris, Whiak, Van Kleef, 2014).
