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ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Educational accountability is central to the reputation of the nation's community colleges. Some community colleges are adopting mastery learning, competency-based education, curriculum tracking, and/or minimum competency-testing as a means of remaining educationally accountable. Mastery learning programs, under which students are required to…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Imel, Susan – 1990
Four major types of approaches to learner assessment are standardized testing, materials-based, competency-based, and participatory assessment. Standardized tests are easy and inexpensive to administer. Objections are their intrinsic defects and misuse. Materials-based assessment, the practice of evaluating learners on the basis of tests following…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education