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Cook, Jerome W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Describes the implementation of a minimum competency testing program in North Boone Senior High School in Poplar Grove (Illinois). Includes eight questions to be asked in planning for such a program. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Objectives, Minimum Competency Testing, Secondary Education
Hoaglund, Mary; Morehouse, Diane – 1981
Legislation dealing with competency testing in general falls into the following categories: (1) mandating uniform statewide minimum competency testing, to which high school diplomas and/or grade promotion is related; (2) mandating uniform statewide minimum competency testing to be used for improvement of instruction but not tied to grade promotion…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
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Watts, Doyle – Clearing House, 1979
Competency testing is only one component of competency-based education (CBE); the others are: educational objectives, instructional process, remedial instruction, and program evaluation/reconceptualization. To implement only competency testing may result in disillusionment with the entire concept of CBE, which seeks to improve programs, not fail…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Formative Evaluation
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1979
The activities and results of the first year of a two-year student assessment pilot program are described, based on a 1978 mandate by the Kansas Legislature requiring the development of minimum competency objectives in the areas of reading and mathematics for students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11 and instruments for assessing those competencies.…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
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Niedermeyer, Fred; Yelon, Stephen – Educational Leadership, 1981
Classroom instruction is aligned with grade level basic objectives and a yearly survey of these skills. Methods and resources that elementary school principals and teachers can use to teach essential skills are being developed. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1993
Information is presented regarding the administration of the North Carolina Minimum Skills Diagnostic Testing Program. This testing program, mandated by the state's basic education program under the Secondary School Reform Act of 1984, checks the necessity for remediation by determining a student's mastery of specific objectives and diagnoses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Herron, Marshall D. – 1978
The Oregon State Board of Education has rejected the use of cut-off scores on a proficiency test to establish minimum performance standards for high school graduation. Instead, each school district is required to specify--by local board adoption--minimum competencies in reading, writing, listening, speaking, analyzing, and computing. These…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Cutting Scores, Educational Objectives
Price, John L.; And Others – 1990
A remediation approach developed by the Vilonia public schools (Arkansas) to remediate content/skill deficiencies in middle level students resulted from three conditions: state laws and regulations regarding minimum competency testing; more awareness of problems with at-risk students; and recognition of the need to reach students academically…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1987
This report summarizes the results of a consultation that addressed the issue of the state role in attempts to reduce the minority teacher shortage in the south. Participants in the consultation made suggestions that should be considered by governors, state legislatures, state education agencies, and local school districts in working with the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Educational Objectives, Minimum Competency Testing
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1980
Intended to help Arkansas schools implement its 1980 State Basic Skills Improvement Plan, this booklet identifies basic skills to be measured by the state and makes suggestions for incorporating these skills into the curriculum. The first section explains the Educational Assessment Act of 1979 establishing a statewide basic skills assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competence, Curriculum Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Mathematics learning objectives and specifications for third graders, which are congruent with the Texas "State Board of Education Rules for Curriculum," are presented. They are designed for use by teachers and test development specialists involved with the preparation of the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) tests.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computation, Educational Objectives, Geometry
Meredith, Vana H. – 1981
The aim of the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program was to meet legislative requirements, to improve instruction and to integrate instructional sensitivity into the state's educational programs for grades K-12 in the basic skill areas of reading, writing and mathematics. In their task of identifying, compiling and revising educational…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Egge, Donald E. – 1979
This paper describes Oregon's experiences with state performance requirements. It explains that these requirements cover three areas: budgeting on a program basis, providing a schooling environment designed to meet student needs through a systematic management process, and setting learning performance standards for students, including graduation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competency Based Education, Curriculum
Spady, William G. – 1981
The instructional delivery system of traditional school practice consists of fixed time, single opportunities for learning a vague-referenced, variable, and private curriculum. While a minimum competency testing program ensures that academic standards are criterion-referenced, fixed, and public, the time allotted for learning may still be fixed.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Credits
Nochumson, Bayla S. – 1978
This resource guide is divided into three sections. The status of the competency movement is described in section I, both on the national level and for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Descriptions of locally developed competency programs in Massachusetts are given in section II and contain information on the area's demography,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
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