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Download full textSchechter, Jan – 1981
Representatives from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas discuss the issues surrounding teacher and student competency and accountability. For each state, they review legislative policies and actions and the programs of the state education department regarding the use of competency and accountability standards. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Mid-Atlantic Teacher Corps Network, Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
The conference's keynote address is presented by Bernard C. Watson. Papers include: Vantage from the State Department of Education, by Robert G. Scanlon (Pennsylvania); Minimum Competency: As the Public Sees the Question, by Jacqueline Grennan Wexler; Minimum Competency Testing (MCT): A Tripartite Response from the Profession, by W. James Popham;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Community Attitudes, Educational Policy
Peck, Hugh I.; And Others – 1982
These papers were presented at the symposium "Using Statewide Basic Skills Tests to Make Promotion Decisions: Political and Psychometric Issues." The development of basic skills testing and the legislative mandate that needed to be implemented for minimum competency testing in Louisiana are discussed by Hugh I. Peck. Rebecca S. Christian…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Reatig, Natalie, Ed. – 1981
This volume is a collection of background papers and materials prepared for workshop participants engaged in empirical research on the topic of "informed consent with subjects of uncertain competence." The first three papers consider the minimum competence needed to consent to or refuse participation in research, including a…
Descriptors: Ability, Anthologies, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Krzywkowski, Valerie I., Ed. – 1985
Based on the conference theme, "Competencies for Librarians," papers presented at the 1985 meeting of the association include: (1) "Planning a Library-Based Public Access Microcomputer Facility" (Suzanne Kehm); (2) "Processing and Circulating Microcomputer Software in the Academic Library: A Sharing Session" (Jan…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Job Skills
Minckley, Barbara B., Ed.; Walters, Mary Dale, Ed. – 1983
Focusing on "Associate Degree Nursing--Facilitating Competency Development," a 3-year project sponsored by the Midwest Alliance in Nursing (MAIN) to explore and recommend ways of strengthening Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) education and service, these proceedings contain papers by individuals involved with the development of the project and those…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
Hillocks, George, Jr., Ed. – 1982
Addressing the wave of public criticism of the English curriculum, the six articles in this book cite "basics" that are far different from those of the current "back to basics" movement. The first article surveys the nature of the curriculum attacks and suggests why English teachers may be more vulnerable to public criticism…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Ministry of Education, Lisbon (Portugal). – 1991
More than a hundred educational specialists from 51 UNESCO member states and non-governmental education attended the symposium for which this document is the final report. The report describes the Interministerial Programme for the Promotion of Educational Achievement in Portugal (PIPSE), together with other examples of national, regional, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Development
Born, Warren C., Ed. – 1978
Communication within the foreign language profession and with the public is discussed. The responsibilities of national, regional, state, and local professional organizations in dealing with matters of articulation and standardization are discussed. Articulation means setting up common goals and ideals for foreign language learning and teaching…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Elementary Secondary Education, FLES, Higher Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1976
The 1976 meeting of the Education Commission of the States (ECS) concerned ways to relate education more effectively to the world of work. If states and localities decide to orient education increasingly toward career and occupational goals, changes will be necessary in governance and administration as well as curriculum and teaching approaches.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Finance
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1990
The conference reported in this document focused on the issues surrounding the progress of urban public schools in bringing about reforms aimed at providing the nation's future workforce with marketable skills, obtainable only through education. Section 1, "Perspectives on Educating Tomorrow's Workforce," contains the following articles:…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Florida Univ., Gainesville. Coll. of Education. – 1980
This monograph presents a report on the second PROTEACH Conference, held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, in October 1980. One purpose of the conference was to hear from the task force that prepared a report on the nature of knowledge appropriate to teacher education. Another purpose was to identify generic domains of performance of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Change
Kemp, Faye, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The proceedings include, after the keynote address by E.M. Childers and the conference agenda, the following papers: "An Additional Handicap: Visual Perceptual Learning Disabilities of Deaf Children" (Vivienne Ratner); "Minimum Competency Testing" (Carl Williams); "Transitional Planning for Hearing Impaired Students in the Mainstream" (Helen…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Deaf Interpreting
Community Coll. General Education Association, Utica, NY. – 1989
This conference addressed the themes of faculty development in the liberal arts and business careers; class, race, ethnicity, and gender; the canon and conflict of change; and critical thinking, critical writing, and critical living. Following an introduction by Roberta S. Matthews, this collection of conference proceedings contains the following…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Core Curriculum, Critical Thinking
Knoell, Dorothy M.; And Others – 1979
The conference papers included in this collection address issues of concern to literacy development in the community college. "Functional Literacy and Persistence in the Community College," by Dorothy M. Knoell, raises questions about student persistence in the absence of requisite skills. "Training Perspective on Functional…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education
