This report represents Phase Three of the "Continuing Plan for Education in Mississippi," which sought to develop a catalog of the precise reading competencies that students in Mississippi's public elementary and secondary schools would be expected to achieve by the time they reached particular grade levels. Chapter One is an introduction to the…

This booklet contains a description of the Montgomery County (Maryland) public school system's reading program for kindergarten through the eighth grade. Included in the booklet are a statement about the goals of education, general information about education requirements set forth by the Maryland State Board of Education, and lists of reading…

This booklet contains a description of the Montgomery County (Maryland) public school system's reading program for grades nine through twelve. Included in the booklet are a statement about the goals of education, general information about education requirements set forth by the Maryland State Board of Education, and lists of reading objectives and…

This guide states competencies expressed in performance objective format that would normally comprise the instructional goals for business data processing programs on the secondary level. These competencies are grouped into the following categories: punch card equipment operator, data entry operator, data control clerk, data processing librarian,…

Virginia's statewide objectives for foreign language learning, part of a larger program of learning objectives for all basic subjects and all levels of elementary and secondary education, are presented. The program is aimed at developing language proficiency, with goals and objectives designed to serve the general statewide needs for communicating…

Virginia's learning objectives for Latin in the public schools, part of a larger program of learning objectives for all basic subjects and all levels of elementary and secondary education, are presented. The objectives provide a scope and sequence for planning curriculum and instruction, and are both general enough for communicating state…

This program, developed at the Ogden-Weber Education Center (Ogden, Utah) provides a curriculum for all levels of mental handicap, in which exit objectives of one phase meet entrance objectives for the next phase, and all objectives meet the requirements of the setting in which mentally handicapped students will live after completion of public…

Major competencies are presented for music education in kindergarten through grade six of the Philadelphia school system. Music is seen to be a mode of expression in responding to and interpreting life and nature. It promotes development of aesthetic judgment. The competencies outlined in this document are derived from a comprehensive music…

This booklet outlines competencies for consumer education courses in grades seven through 12 in the Philadelphia school system. Consumer education is seen to develop students' abilities to cope with situations encountered daily in their roles in our economic system. It puts into practice the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, listening,…

Descriptions of high school foreign language courses offered in Montgomery County, Maryland, are presented. Minimum attainments expected of students at the end of each course are set forth. The descriptions are level- rather than language-specific, and apply to all of the languages offered. The course listing is preceded by an overall rationale…

This booklet outlines key competencies for art education in kindergarten through grade six in the Philadelphia school system. The goal of art education is to provide an understanding of elements and principles of composition and design such as color, line, shape, mass, and texture. Art education should involve students in creating, analyzing, and…

Major competencies are presented for art education courses in grades seven through 12 in the Philadelphia school system. The goal of art education is to promote an understanding of elements and principles of composition and design such as color, line, shape, mass, and texture. Art education should involve students in evaluating, creating, and…

This booklet identifies major competencies for each course offered in the secondary music education program in the Philadelphia school system. Music is seen to be a mode of expression in responding to and interpreting life and nature. It promotes the development of aesthetic judgment. The booklet outlines up to eight competencies for each of nine…

The North Carolina arts education curriculum encompasses K-12 programs in dance, folk arts, music, theater arts, and visual arts. It is designed to provide a scope and sequence which encourages students to develop the essential senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and kinetic awareness. It provides opportunities to develop thinking…

Descriptions of elementary and junior high school foreign language courses offered in Montgomery County, Maryland, are presented. Minimum attainments expected of students at the end of each course are set forth. The descriptions are level- rather than language-specific, and apply to all of the languages offered. The course listing is preceded by…