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Maximizing Minimal Expectations or Schooling for Hard Times.

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Franzosa, Susan Douglas – Contemporary Education, 1984

This paper describes the philosophic assumptions underlying the movement towards minimum competency testing. Definitions of such concepts as scientific educational management, what is worth knowing, and the knower are explored. (DF)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy

Back-to-Basics and Student Minimal Competency Evaluation: How to Spell "School" with Three R's and an E.

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Norton, James R. – Contemporary Education, 1979

Evaluation of student minimal competency should be based partly on national concerns, partly on local concerns, and partly on the needs of the learner. Evaluation must be built into all levels. (JMF)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Curriculum, Educational Objectives