Books, articles, and theses are included in this annotated bibliography on mastery learning. Approximately 100 citations are included covering the period from 1969 to 1979. (DS)

Competency testing for either graduation from high school, or as a method for assessing whether a student should advance to a higher grade level, is the focus of this annotated bibliography. Included are annotations that relate to accountability, competency testing, program descriptions where competency testing is utilized, general testing…

Student performance objectives for the North Carolina Senior High Assessment of Reading Performance (SHARP) and the Test of Proficiency in Computation Skills (TOPICS) are given. These minimum competency tests are structured in such a way as to facilitate the transference of school-based learning into everyday life. For example, students taking the…

In 1979-80, the Arkansas minimum competency tests were administered to a sample of 5,000 students in grades 3, 6, and 8. To determine how well test objectives matched the curriculum, their teachers estimated how many of the four items per objective a randomly selected student would answer correctly. Because chi square test comparisons of teacher…

All New Jersey students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11 are tested annually in basic reading and computation skills using the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) Tests. The MBS testing program was initiated in 1976. The former Educational Assessment Program tests were used during the tramsition, and test development activities were begun in 1977.…

In relating foundation program objectives established by the Department of Education to classroom instruction, this paper identifies performance expectations for 21 subjects in grades 3, 6, 8, 10, and 12. These grades were chosen because they represent critical points in major stages of human development. The performance expectations are clustered…

This bulletin contains the specifications for the Professional Education subtest of the Florida Teacher Certification Examination. The specifications presented are being used for the 1980-81 examinations. General information on the test includes an outline of the content base, a content base/competency matrix, and a blueprint of the test by…

Many secondary school English teachers have had no formal training in the teaching of writing and consequently equate written discourse with language propriety. This has been aggravated by the back to basics movement that has influenced secondary teaching across the country--especially as it has led to the development of legislation establishing…

THE COMBINED RESULTS OF THE STUDIES OF SEVEN METROPOLITAN CENTERS AND 90 SEMI-URBAN AND RURAL TOWNS IN LOUISIANA SHOWED (1) THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED, NUMBER NEEDING AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES, EXPECTED NUMBER TO BE HIRED, AND NUMBER OF JOB TITLES, (2) CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYEES SUCH AS AGE, EDUCATION, BACKGROUND, AND SALARY, AND (3)…

There is both less and more to mastery learning (ML) than meets the eye. Less because mastery learning is not based on a model of school learning, and more because it is the most optimistic statement we have about the power of education. The notions of setting achievement standards and letting time for completion vary, of using criterion…

School administrators are often faced with the necessity of employing nonschool personnel to staff the athletic program fully. This publication provides some ideas, sample regulations, and model programs that can be used to give coaches basic minimal competencies for the role they may be asked to assume. Sample regulations that govern the…

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…

This study was undertaken to design a biology training program for secondary school teachers in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The methods reported in this study included an analysis of the current biology training programs with reference to a set of biology objectives developed in the 1970 curriculum revision. Second, modern developments in…

Describes the development and testing of the North Carolina minimal competency testing program. (IRT)

Competency-based graduation requirements provide students with a meaningful diploma, reduce illiteracy, and provide a system of quality control for schools. (Author)