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An International Study in Competency Education: Postcards from Abroad. CompetencyWorks Issue Brief
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Bristow, Sara Frank; Patrick, Susan – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
"An International Study in Competency Education: Postcards from Abroad" seeks to highlight components of competency education in international practice, to inform US policymakers and decision makers seeking to implement high-quality competency pathways at the state or local level. Other countries are studying our innovations, and we are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Competency Based Education, Definitions
Getting to the Core: How Early Implementers Are Approaching the Common Core in California
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Brown, Brentt; Vargo, Merrill – Pivot Learning Partners, 2014
California has embarked on a major new wave of curriculum reform with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the new English Language Development (ELD) standards, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The adoption of the CCSS builds a legacy of standards-based education reform in California that began with the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Getting to the Core: How Early Implementers Are Approaching the Common Core in California
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Brown, Brentt; Vargo, Merrill – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2014
California has embarked on a major new wave of curriculum reform with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the new English Language Development (ELD) standards, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The adoption of the CCSS builds a legacy of standards-based education reform in California that began with the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Partners in a Learning Organization: A Student-Focused Model of Professional Development
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Scott, Shelleyann; Dixon, Kathryn – Educational Forum, 2009
This research report presents a student-focused model aimed at involving students, academics, and administrators in improving and enhancing learning and teaching at a university business school. The "partners in learning" model involves using student feedback to develop curriculum, teaching, and assessment; systematic, in-context…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Instructional Leadership
An Evaluation of A New Curriculum Design as a True Experiment.
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Eash, Maurice J.; And Others – 1975
The purpose of this three-year evaluation was to determine the effects of a newly designed curriculum for early adolescents. From a pool of 600 applicants, students were randomly assigned to the new curriculum school and to traditional schools curriculum. A number of measures of the implementation of the curriculum and its effects on students were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis
Evaluation of Western Suffolk BOCES Workplace Education Program. Final Report.
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Jurmo, Paul – 1997
The Western Suffolk (New York) Board of Cooperative Educational Services undertook a 3-year workplace basic education project that was designed to help workers develop four types of skills: traditional basic skills; other Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)-type competencies such as problem solving, team work, and computer…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development