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New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1987
This document contains entry-level practical nursing competencies arranged in eight categories. Each competency appears on a separate sheet on which is included a list of points of knowledge the student should possess in order to meet the competency and a statement regarding evaluative criteria for the competency. Competencies in the following…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Entry Workers, Higher Education, Minimum Competencies
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
The Reading Skills Committee of the New Jersey Department of Education determined that the Eleventh-Grade High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) reading test should be based on contemporary theories defining reading as a process and that requisite reading skills could best be identified in terms of text and tasks. The purpose of the test is to assess…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Grade 11, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textRubin, Larry – 1976
This paper attempts to explain the educational and legal implications of New Jersey's 1975 Public Education Act, which was designed to meet the New Jersey Supreme Court's mandate in the landmark case of Robinson v. Cahill. Because the state constitution requires establishment of a "thorough and efficient" educational system, the court…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
The Writing Skills Committee of the New Jersey Department of Education determined that the Eleventh-Grade High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) writing test should be based on contemporary discourse theory that is process oriented and is firmly rooted in real world application of students' skill and knowledge as writers. The committee identified two…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Grade 11, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
Donovan, Edward P. – 1986
Completed in 1982-83, this is a manual of science competencies and proficiencies for the Moorestown Public Schools, New Jersey. The document's seven major sections include: (1) a statement of philosophy of the science department stressing science education's role as the link between science, technology, and society; (2) suggested science…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of General Academic Education. – 1990
The Core Course Proficiency initiative in the State of New Jersey is an outgrowth of the recommendations from two study panels convened to review and revise high school graduation requirements and to consider the need for and impact of establishing a common core of knowledge and skills in specified high school courses. This document presents the…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1988
The New Jersey Basic Skills Assessment Program was created to determine the status of basic skills preparedness of freshmen entering public colleges and universities and to offer data to help colleges place freshman students in appropriate courses. The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is a 3-hour-and-20-minute examination…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
