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Sturgis, Chris – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper is part of a series investigating the implementation of competency education. The purpose of the paper is to explore how districts and schools can redesign grading systems to best help students to excel in academics and to gain the skills that are needed to be successful in college, the community, and the workplace. In order to make the…
Descriptors: Grading, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
The Performance Standards of the Oregon Certificate of Initial Mastery are described and discussed. Performance standards define how well students must perform on classroom and state assessments that lead to Oregon's Certificate of Initial Mastery. Students must complete classroom and state assessments that show what they know and can do in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Literature Appreciation
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Art Education
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking
Venezia, Andrea; Finney, Joni E. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. Florida has implemented some of the most sweeping education governance changes of any state; all levels of education are housed in the Department of Education, which is overseen by a commissioner who…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Educational Change
Venezia, Andrea; Callan, Patrick M.; Kirst, Michael W.; Usdan, Michael D. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. Georgia was the first state to have state and regional P-16 councils, and its regents' office in the University System of Georgia oversees a variety of projects that focus on connecting K-12 and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Educational Change
Venezia, Andrea; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. Oregon has been a leader in K-16 reform through its development of the Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (PASS), which articulated postsecondary expectations and linked them with K-12…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Educational Change