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Maryland State Department of Education, 2008
This document was developed to provide action steps that can be taken by teachers, parents, administrators, and students themselves to develop the personal, cognitive, and social dimensions of students. These advocates are identified in "The Holistic Learner Framework: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Accelerating the Achievement of Low…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Student Improvement

Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1977
This booklet is intended to aid local school districts in Oregon as they work to develop and improve their educational programs in keeping with the competency-based high school graduation requirements established by Oregon's revised minimum standards for public schools. The booklet consists of six chapters that focus in turn on state requirements…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements, Guidelines
Fisher, Thomas H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements
Greater Newark Urban Coalition, NJ. – 1976
One purpose of this paper is to describe how the concept of statewide minimum standards has been used in other states and to suggest precisely how it should be used in New Jersey. Current New Jersey law requires districts to establish pupil proficiency levels in basic skills, to identify children who fall below them, and to provide those children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Mastery Learning

Simmons, Robert M. – 1979
Information regarding state minimum competency testing programs was requested from the 50 state departments of education in the United States in the spring of 1979. The following questions were asked: (1) Do you have a testing program? (2) If you do, what tests are being used? (3) Do you have a testing program in the planning stages? (4) Are there…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing
Pipho, Chris – 1979
This chart summarizes the following categories of information about various states' minimum competency testing activities: (1) name of state; (2) legislation or ruling which requires testing; (3) name of organization which sets standards; (4) grade levels assessed; (5) skill areas assessed; (6) use of standards and of test results; and (7) other…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Herron, Marshall D. – 1978
The Oregon State Board of Education has rejected the use of cut-off scores on a proficiency test to establish minimum performance standards for high school graduation. Instead, each school district is required to specify--by local board adoption--minimum competencies in reading, writing, listening, speaking, analyzing, and computing. These…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Cutting Scores, Educational Objectives
Nochumson, Bayla S. – 1978
This resource guide is divided into three sections. The status of the competency movement is described in section I, both on the national level and for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Descriptions of locally developed competency programs in Massachusetts are given in section II and contain information on the area's demography,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1978
This guide is designed for school principals who bear the responsibility for the successful administration of Virginia's Competency Program. Several aspects of the program are described: legislative background; graduation requirements concerning citizenship and qualifying for further education or work; tests used to assess reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Citizenship Education, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1978
The New York State Regents Competency Testing Program is described. Competency tests have been developed in the basic skills of reading, writing, and mathematics, for two purposes: (1) to identify those students who need remedial help; and (2) to assure that students receiving high school diplomas have acquired adequate competence in these areas.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements
1978
The work performed by New Jersey's Minimum Basic Skills Advisory Committee in studying the state's remedial programs is described. The committee's findings are summarized, as are its recommendations for enhancing program effectiveness. Descriptions of data collection activities involve interviews with representative school districts, major…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Educational Needs
Lovin, Barbara Keelor – 1991
Developed for use by curriculum planners in Emergency Medical Science (EMS) programs throughout the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), and by evaluators in their reviews of existing programs, this manual provides a model set of guidelines for the education and training of the Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Course Content