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The Kentucky Education Reform Act established learning standards that were higher than those of previous educational systems. The main gauge for assessing how well students measure up to these standards is a statewide system that evaluates what students know and can do. In 1991, the Kentucky State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. – 1991
This report identifies generic competencies (skills necessary for success in the workplace) and foundations (skills and qualities underlying the competencies). Chapter 1 explains use of this report to help educators make high school courses more relevant to the needs of a modern work force and to help employers ensure that their employees possess…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Difficulty Level, Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications
