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Peer reviewedHolbrook, Hilary Taylor – English Journal, 1982
Explores materials in the ERIC system that discuss all sides of the minimum competency issue. (RL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods
Download full textMcNeir, Gwennis – Research Roundup, 1993
Outcomes-based education (OBE) is a controversial model of educational restructuring that defines learning as what students can demonstrate that they know. This document reviews four journal articles and one bulletin that reflect a range of perspectives on OBE's potential promise and problems. In "Organizing for Results: The Basis of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1995
The gap between existing skills and desired or required skills is the impetus for the development of business/industry standards. Professional associations have taken the initiative in setting skill standards; state licensing exams are used to certify workers in some occupations. An impending work force crisis has triggered a demand for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Educational Certificates, Job Skills
Kerka, Sandra – 2000
Certificates are a valuable new currency in the information economy. Through a postbaccalaureate or postmaster's certificate, adults acquire market-demanded competencies in a short time. Many certificate-seekers are currently employed adults looking for focused, flexible, interdisciplinary, and highly relevant education opportunities. Certificate…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Summerfield, Liane M. – 1991
This trends and issues paper considers the emerging presence of credentialing programs in the health, leisure, and movement professions in which such diverse occupations as health education teachers, aerobics instructors, exercise physiologists, dance therapists, community park managers, intramural directors, and military fitness instructors are…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Athletics, Career Planning, Credentials
Naylor, Michele – 1986
As more states increase the number of credits required for high school graduation, progressively less time is being left for vocational education. To address this problem, many school districts and states are beginning to formulate policies for granting academic credit for basic skills training provided in vocational classrooms. As of 1985, 11…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Basic Skills
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
Distance education (DE) is increasingly seen as a powerful vehicle for delivering various types of education, including career and technical education (CTE). Fast-paced, pervasive changes in the economic, social, and technological foundations of education and educational delivery, including the increasing use of information and communications…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Communications, Community Colleges
