In recent years, a small but growing strand of research has investigated ways of focusing teachers' professional education on "core" or "high leverage" practices of teaching. These efforts are easily conflated with other initiatives to develop "practice-focused" teacher education, raising questions about what…

Several citations selected from the ERIC data base, are presented to aid educators involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of individualized programs for handicapped children in the regular classroom. (MM)

Five different process-product studies are presented along with a definition of competency. Implications of these attempts to identify relationships between teacher behavior and pupil outcome are summarized. (JMF)

This article develops three interrelated themes: a) that there is a relation by definition of competencies to teaching function; b) that selection of competencies is a political process and a scholar's choice; c) that several major competency selection issues and problems exist. (JA)

An analysis of interpretations of the term PBTE and PBTE's workings as a practical movement. Recommended is the replacement of performance'' with competency.'' (JA)

This article discusses how PBTE can serve as a model for training teachers in a multicultural setting and proposes means of defining competency in a multicultural setting. (JA)

The author presents his experiences in developing a competency-based program of educational media administration using independent prescriptive study and professor-student conferences as a way to observe tight budgetary restrictions. (MB)

Description of University of Georgia's CBTE Program for elementary school teachers, which resulted in criteria for teacher performance, assessment, selection of candidates, instruction and management. (JA)