Course objectives used in Pennsylvania high school typewriting classes were used as a basis for constructing a test of typing competencies. The skills tested involved the typing of business letters, carbon memoranda manuscripts, column tables, and invoices; timed writing; English usage; and proofreading. The tests were administered to first-year…

One of a set of fourteen instructional outlines for use in a course to train novice firemen, this guide covers the topic of motorized fire apparatus. The fire fighter is instructed on the maintenance, maneuvering, and operation of equipment such as pumps, aerial ladders, and elevating platforms. Designed to be used with the Robert J. Brady…

One of a set of fourteen instructional outlines for use in a course to train novice firemen, this guide covers the topic of fire streams. The various types of fire streams are identified as well as the methods used to produce them, emphasizing the operation of nozzles and the different kinds of friction loss. Designed to be used with the Robert J.…

One of a set of fourteen instructional outlines for use in a course to train novice fireman, this guide covers the topic of rope usage. Developed from and designed to be used with the Brady Firefighting Service Transparencies on rope and the International Fire Service Training Association Manual No. 101, "Forcible Entry, Rope and Portable…

This learning module on using Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) catalogs in contemporary programs to make them more performance based is one of nine developed for use in training administrators, teachers, and prospective teachers in the utilization of V-TECS catalogs. Readings are provided on the use of V-TECS catalogs…

New York State can set up an accountability program, but to be successful it must rest on the following principles. Teachers, schools, and districts should be responsible only for initiating the best processes of education, not for the outcomes. Judgments of accountability must be nonthreatening and must result in a cooperative effort to help…

The text describes an approach to career education for handicapped children developed by Project PRICE (Programing the Retarded in Career Education) which encompasses 22 student competencies in three primary categories (daily living skills, occupational guidance and preparation, and personal-social skills). The bulk of the document is composed of…

A K-12 health education curriculum can be developed in a school district as a result of using this Planning Resource. Part I offers a practical curriculum planning process. Part II identifies broad health competencies in four major content areas: mental health, physical health, safety and community health. Part III offers references, and includes…

The primary purpose of this project is to develop and field test a core curriculum in agriculture for rural secondary schools and a core curriculum in agriculture for metropolitan or urban schools in Illinois. Activities of Phase 1 of the project were reviewing literature and interviewing industry representatives to identify pertinent research and…

Project KIDS, an early intervention program for handicapped children which emphasizes parent involvement, is described. The project identified basic competencies for parenting developmentally delayed children. Fourteen top rated competencies were included on the Parent Self Appraisal Inventory (PSAI) which was administered to 92 parents. Results…

Due to an increased awareness of the need for accountability in vocational education, much attention is being focused upon competency-based vocational education. The U.S. Office of Education is supporting work for the development of competency measures for vocational skill areas. Two occupational competency tests in each of seven areas will be…

This booklet of tests is designed to accompany the booklet "Office Occupations: Competencies for Articulation"--ED 151 565. The written test questions suggest the knowledge level needed to accomplish the skills necessary to complete the competency. It is suggested that they may be used to assess the development of competencies or they…

This report describes a plan that demonstrates how a vocational program with traditional curriculum can be gradually changed to performance-based curriculum without disrupting the efficient operation of the existing program. The plan outlines the performance-based vocational education (PBVE) program management system, curriculum development…

A study conducted in 1980 to examine the first year of the role and functions of Project Basic facilitators is described. Project Basic is Maryland's statewide competency-based educational program. The facilitators are state education agency (SEA) supported staff located at 23 of the state's 24 local education agencies (LEAs). The two major…

As part of a series of implementing competency-based education, this monograph presents guidelines for development and utilization of performance learning modules. The relative merits of individualized modular learning of group instruction are discussed prior to a description of the two basic types of learning modules: self-contained and…