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Minimum Competencies--The Oregon Approach
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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
Grading in a Standards-Based System.
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Colby, Susan A. – Educational Leadership, 1999
Outlines a four-step grading system to help teachers implement standards-based education. Teachers should design a workable format; define three sets of codes (for assessment types, performance levels, and time periods); create a grade book with easily accessible student grade sheets; and monitor and adjust the process. (MLH)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Education, Grading, Guidelines
Maryland's "Project Basic"
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Hornbeck, David W. – Educational Leadership, 1977
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
The D. C. Schools' Plan for Systemwide Achievement
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Cook, J. Marvin – Educational Leadership, 1977
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Mastery Learning: The Current State of the Craft.
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Block, James H. – Educational Leadership, 1979
Having established that mastery learning works, researchers are beginning to investigate components of the system and theorists are integrating it with other recent trends. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Competency Based Education, Educational Research
How External Exit Exams Spur Achievement.
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Bishop, John H.; Mane, Ferran; Bishop, Michael – Educational Leadership, 2001
Compared with minimum competency tests, curriculum-based external exit exams provide better measures of students' achievement levels. Analysis of Third Mathematics and Science Study data shows that 13 year-olds from exit-exam countries are ahead of nonparticipating countries. Effects on college enrollment, job success, and test scores are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
A Personalized Competency-Based Program for Curriculum Leaders
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Statom, Jodellano J.; Anderson, Vernon E. – Educational Leadership, 1975
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Study Centers, Doctoral Programs
Service Learning Makes the Grade.
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Cairn, Rich; Cairn, Susan – Educational Leadership, 1999
Nearly 100 Minnesota secondary schools offer community service-learning courses. Assessment methods include journal writing, self-assessment, research papers, site observations, and performance evaluation by agency supervisors. A Rochester high-school teacher designed a "community interaction" standard that students may fulfill by…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Journal Writing, Program Descriptions
How Fares Competency Development in Oregon?
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Nance, W. R. "Bus" – Educational Leadership, 1977
Describes Oregon's experience with developing and implementing new requirements for high school graduation, based on minimum competency standards defined by local school districts. (JG)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competencies
A Board Member Looks at Requiring Competencies for Graduation
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Huff, Marylyn – Educational Leadership, 1977
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Competency Based Education
Results Count in Los Angeles.
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Berman, Ilene M.; Cross, Christopher T.; Evans, Joan – Educational Leadership, 2000
In the Los Angeles Unified School District, 64 percent of its 660 schools increased their norm-referenced test scores from 1998 to 1999. Success stems from a clear, districtwide approach to standards-based learning and broad-based communication about student and school gains. Bancroft Middle School's results-driven approach is profiled. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Competency Based Education
Using Assessments To Improve Equity in Mathematics.
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Cole, Karen; Coffey, Janet; Goldman, Shelley – Educational Leadership, 1999
Designed to improve equity, MMAP (the Middle School Math Through Applications Project) draws traditionally underserved students, such as minorities and girls, into higher mathematics. The plan features an assessment strategy based on what students are learning, definitions of quality work, student accountability, and encouragement of further…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competency Based Education, Equal Education, Intermediate Grades