Descriptor
Source
Author
| Houghton, Mary | 1 |
Publication Type
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 6 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| California | 3 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
| South Carolina | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textNational Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, MN. – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a June 11-12, 1999, forum that addressed alternative assessments and gray areas in large-scale assessments for students with disabilities. The forum included 161 representatives from 42 state departments of education, 3 large school districts, 1 territory, and the Department of Defense Dependent Schools. Five…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Accountability, Disabilities
Houghton, Mary – 1996
Within the educational reform debate, there is general agreement that the development of high academic standards is an important first step toward improving academic outcomes. This report highlights the standards initiatives being implemented in Colorado, Delaware, Minnesota, and South Carolina. All four states have made substantial progress in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Northwest Regional Education Lab., Portland, OR. Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing. – 1978
Seven prepared papers, with questions from the audience and answers by participants make up the proceedings of this conference on minimum competency testing. A number of conceptual and technical problems were raised, as well as questions about the effects of minimum competency testing on the curriculum and the psychological effects of the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Conference Reports
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1978
A variety of viewpoints were represented in this symposium for chief state school officials and senior staff of state departments of education. Russell Vlaanderen, Education Commission of the States, opened with a national overview: "The Policy Implications of Minimum Competency Testing: The Case of the Standardized Student." Attorney…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Conference Reports
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Various topics concerning assessment in higher education are considered in five papers. In "Defining and Measuring the Competencies of a Liberal Arts Education," David G. Winter proposes that liberal arts competencies can be assessed by creative new quantitative strategies and outlines five important criteria, or standards, as well as measures of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1976
This publication is a compilation of the presentations given at a symposium held to explore where California is in respect to credit for prior and experiential learning, and whether the State should be moving toward a more comprehensive mechanism for assessing, awarding, and recording such credit. The keynote address provides an overview focusing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Colleges, Community Colleges
