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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Educational accountability is central to the reputation of the nation's community colleges. Some community colleges are adopting mastery learning, competency-based education, curriculum tracking, and/or minimum competency-testing as a means of remaining educationally accountable. Mastery learning programs, under which students are required to…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Salganik, Laura Hersh – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Examines the reasons for test-centered educational reform and suggests that this has lead to decreased reliance on professional judgment and increased state regulations. Predicts that the operation of the schools as organizations will continue to be affected by the increased reliance on technical evidence. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Cognitive Style, Competency Based Education
Sundby, Oliver; Franklin, Joe – 1992
The current accountability process at Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) is based on a computer-managed instruction (CMI) system, containing student outcomes components, test items, student testing and evaluation information, student information, and reports for students, faculty, and administrators. The system was developed following extensive…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Bridges, Jean Bolen – 1986
In 1972, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia instituted the Regents' Testing Program (RTP) to provide systemwide information on the status of student competence in reading and writing and to provide a uniform means of identifying those students who fail to attain minimum levels of competence in these areas. Since 1972, some…
Descriptors: Accountability, Essay Tests, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education
Grobe, Robert P.; And Others – 1984
The Dallas (Texas) Independent School District has developed an assessment system that is fully integrated into its learning system, which also includes planning, instruction, and accountability. This paper describes the learning system in Dallas in terms of a four-part model: planning, instruction, assessment, and accountability. Following this,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Design
Gentile, Nicholas, Comp. – 1985
One of a series in reading, writing, and mathematics intended to acquaint teachers with the skills tested in each content area on the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test, this booklet on writing presents material that can be used in lesson planning, skills review, and practice testing. Following a report of the writing committee convened to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Content Area Writing
