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King, John T.; Thorpe, Steve – Social Studies, 2012
In January 2007, the Oregon State Board of Education mandated a new Oregon diploma that strengthened high school graduation requirements with the aim of improving student readiness for college and career. Among the major changes was a requirement that students demonstrate proficiency in nine "essential skills" that included the…
Descriptors: Global Education, Graduation Requirements, Performance Factors, Developmental Studies Programs
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Savage, David G. – Educational Leadership, 1978
Examines the Oregon program in which each school district establishes and measures its own set of competency standards. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
South Umpqua School District, Myrtle Creek, OR. – 1973
An application for a proposed South Umpqua School District (Oregon) Experimental Schools project is provided. The project will personalize and intensify those instructional processes dealing with basic education and career preparation. The goals of the project are: A. Operational Processes--personalization of instruction, parent/patron…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Berrum, Phyllis – 1990
This report describes 11 effective compensatory education programs in Oregon schools funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. One high school, four middle school, and six elementary school programs are profiled. Each profile includes the following information: (1) demographics; (2) staffing; (3) parent…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
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
Warrick, Diane Berreth; And Others – 1978
The looseleaf binder reports on the Educational Resource Centers (ERC) model program in Jackson County, Oregon, which fosters the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped elementary and secondary students (including learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped, emotionally disturbed, and physically handicapped). The ERC provides academic and social…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Ingle, Robert B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
Three conference sessions focused on attempts to implement minimum competency testing programs at various educational levels. In each of the sessions particular attention was paid to planning for the development of a minimum competency testing program; the processes of development, initiation, and interpretation of the results; and difficulties…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Conference Reports
Lugo, Alfredo Morales, Comp. – 1981
Brief descriptions of Oregon Title 1-M early childhood and elementary education programs for migrant children from infants to grade 8, along with lists of contact persons for each program, include reading, pre-school skill development, English as a second language, individualized instruction, utilization of community services, and parental…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Services, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education