Both the more traditional and the emerging competency (performance) based training programs for administrators continue to overlook the rich, informal learning that occurs both before and after formal professional training. The author takes issue with Thomas Brown's model, "Interrelating Inservice Education to Preparation Programs," on these…

An inservice learning format is described which requires both a standard for performance and a tool to measure performance objectively. Its use can shift the nursing inservice education emphasis from transmission and acquisition of knowledge to acquisition and application of skills and knowledge. (Author/MS)

ACES sponsored a national survey of state supervisors of guidance and counselor education institutions and of nontraditional institutions offering graduate degrees in guidance and counseling in order to secure information regarding (a) licensure; (b) the use of a competency-based approach; (c) manpower needs; and (d) the program characteristics of…

Basic definitions, conceptual clarity, and analyses of the organizational and social implications of various competency-based education approaches are badly needed. (Author/EB)

During the last year, Alameda County Office of Education has contributed much of its creative energy to the field testing of a process to generating competencies that encourages school community cooperation. The process was tested in San Lorenzo Unified School District. Describes how it was done through a series of meetings involving students,…

Defines skill, performance, and competency, relates the concept of competency based education to the intent of the Hart Bill, the Stull Bill or AB 65, i.e., to insure that students master and perform basic skills of communication and computation, and considers some underlying assumptions that are the basis of educational legislation. (Author/RK)

A diverse set of techniques for monitoring student progress within competency-based programs of a public community college are discussed and evaluated. Approaches include placement testing, entry self-testing, computer-generated entry surveying and test generation, computer records management, student manuals, and competency-based transcripts.…

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

California Assembly Bill 65, recently signed into law, provides comprehensive legislation for education policy that, by attacking a myriad of educational problems, may serve as a model bill for other states to follow. (Author/MLF)

Eight model competencies for attending behavior are presented. The data which are presented indicate that these competencies can be measured reliably. Although these competencies were developed for use with microcounseling training, they are easily adaptable to other training programs. (Author)

Suggests that there are creative ways of measuring affective objectives in art and that an instructional objective may include affective criteria related to cognitive or pschomotor competencies in art. Also notes the teacher's role in helping students to appreciate what they have learned in art. (Author/RK)

Suggests that small group researchers investigate message variables as a method of communication analysis. Provides examples of research-based behavioral objectives for small group communication classes. (MH)

The authors review the background of competency-based education (CBE), discuss its merits and drawbacks, and cite recommendations from the National Association of Secondary School Principals. (DS)

The author describes basic characteristics of an emerging societal ideology which he calls "technocracy," or "technogoical consciousness," and discusses ways in which the use of behavior modification, career education, and competency-based education promote the socialization of students to this restrictive ideology. (MJB)

Describes one approach to individualized job preparation instruction, a performance-based training system designed to meet the needs of both trainee and employer. The system includes a performance profile of job elements, skills, and levels of competency which serves as a lifetime record of curricula and performance on each activity for a trainee.…