This is an interesting paper from Western Australia. Is OBE simply a newer version of Bill Spady's Chicago "Mastery Learning?" What is the differences between Standards Based Education and Outcomes Based Education? Below is an excerpt from this paper:
"I will conclude with an anecdote. I have a colleague who, until recently, taught at Lyndhurst House Preparatory School in Hamstead, England. A Preparatory School is essentially a school that prepares children to enter selective schools, usually at age 11 or 13. There are many such schools such as Eaton, Westminster and Charter House. A significant aspect of the curriculum focuses on a classical education and encompasses exam taking technique and all these public schools (i.e. private under Australian nomenclature) based selection on the Common Entrance test which all children, including those in state schools, can attempt if they wish to go to a private secondary school. I asked my colleague weather her school was in any way committed to the notion of OBE. With a wry laugh she simply said "no, outcomes based education is for the masses, here we teach the country's future leaders"."
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