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Minimal Competency Testing: The Need for a Broader Context.
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McKenna, Bernard – Educational Horizons, 1979
Citing William Spady's distinction between capacity and competence, the author asserts that current competency tests mainly measure academic (capacity) not life (competency) skills. He then considers problems inherent in delineating, teaching, and testing essential practical living competencies and presents some alternatives. Part of a theme issue…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Definitions