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Download full textLayng, Joe; Redding, Sam – Center on Innovations in Learning, Temple University, 2016
This field report is the seventh in a series produced by the Center on Innovations in Learning's League of Innovators. The series describes, discusses, and analyzes policies and practices that enable personalization in education. This report introduces sessions from the "Conversations with Innovators" event held at Temple University,…
Descriptors: Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Measurement Techniques, Academic Standards
Peer reviewedUtz, Robert – Action in Teacher Education, 1981
An annotated bibliography concerning proficiency development in schools identifies sources which focus on the identification and development of basic skills. Topics explored include: (1) issues and definition in proficiency development; (2) assessing the state of proficiency development; and (3) instructional techniques and programs. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education
Peer reviewedFey, James T. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1977
Forty people from 15 countries participated in the study group on minimal competencies at the Third International Congress on Mathematics Education. Despite a great diversity of concerns, participants found the discussions useful. (SD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Admission, Comparative Education
Cohen, Don, Ed. – 1993
Recommending goals and standards to improve mathematics education at the two-year college and lower-division levels, this report focuses on core content themes for developmental mathematics, associate in applied science, and baccalaureate intending programs. Following introductory sections, chapter 2 describes the CORE, or common content themes…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Dittmer, Allan E. – 1978
The minimum competency movement's rationale can be reduced to four problem-laden propositions: the state through its schools owes every child an education; a high school graduate should be at least minimally competent; schools should be held accountable for seeing to it that every child meets this standard; and to assure this, every child must be…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
EFF Voice, 2001
This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) initiative that develops content standards to ensure that every adult can gain the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill real-world responsibilities as workers, parents, and citizens. A message from the NIFL…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Development
Bove, Francis – 2003
This basic math skills teaching and learning guide contains practical advice and resources for British vocational teachers who have little formal mathematics education training and for beginning teachers. The document has five sections on these topics dealing with numeracy instruction: (1) overview of the basic skill and its application to other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adult Educators, Adult Students
