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Saterfiel, Thomas H.; Woodruff, Jane Bruner – 1985
Mississippi's Education Reform Act of 1982 calls for developing a performance-based school accreditation system that applies research findings on school effectiveness. This paper describes the conceptual model, the proposed accreditation process, and the field testing plan developed by the Performance-Based School Assessment Task Force. The model…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Andreyka, Robert E. – 1982
This project's main objective was to field test competency-based vocational education (CBVE) student learning guides developed during 1979-1981 at Ridge Vocational-Technical Center (RVTC) (Florida). The learning guides were for six programs: clerical occupations, cosmetology, heavy duty truck/bus mechanics, industrial electricity, masonry, and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests, Formative Evaluation
Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond. School of Education. – 1983
The purpose of this 2-year project was to develop, and begin implementation of, a comprehensive health occupations teacher education program including preservice, inservice, new teacher orientation, and continuing education components for the State of Virginia. During the second year of the project, the goals were (1) to continue the work of the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Thomas, Hollie B.; And Others – 1983
A project was undertaken to design and field test a facility development model for competency-based vocational education programs in Florida. During the first phase of the project, the researchers conducted an in-depth case study of programs and facilities in which successful competency-based technical education programs had been conducted. Next,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities
Gaul, Patricia Reitz – 1982
This special demonstration project was undertaken to field test and disseminate a curriculum entitled Emergency English for Refugees (EER). Designed to meet the immediate English language needs of pre- and non-literate adult refugees and immigrants, the EER is a 26-unit competency-based English-as-a-second-language (ESL) curriculum that deals with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Coates, Sharon, Comp.; Fitzpatrick, Lynne, Comp.; McKenna, Angela, Comp.; Makin, Alison, Comp. – 1995
Australia's National Reporting System (NRS) was developed as a mechanism for reporting the outcomes of adult English language, literacy, and numeracy provision in the country's vocational educational and training system, labor market programs, and the adult and community education sector. This document is intended to explain the NRS to potential…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Competence, Competency Based Education