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Danzig, Arnold B. – 1985
This paper examined some of the issues surrounding the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Examination (ATPE), including the rationale for teacher testing, the Arizona approach to testing, and selected student outcomes. Arizona moved from Legislative directive in April 1980, to the implementation of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Examination in June…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Legislation, Higher Education
Leach, J. William; Solomon, Lester – 1984
The Georgia Teacher Certification Tests were developed and validated to be job-related and to reflect the minimum content knowledge that is necessary to teach in each certification area in Georgia classrooms. Three assessment instruments are used in evaluating the performance of preservice students and beginning teachers. The Teacher Performance…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Ladders, Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Criteria
CEMREL, Inc., St. Louis, MO. – 1979
Approximately 100 items are included in this bibliography on competency based education and minimal competency testing. These items, which are arranged in alphabetical order, by title or author, include bibliographies, conference proceedings, monographs, position papers, journal articles, program descriptions, speeches, resource guides, and state…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Beach, Joyce – 1982
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has had a competency-based vocational instructor approval process for more than two and one-half decades. Perhaps the most important element in this process has been the vocational competency testing. Although some say that Massachusetts is out of step, others feel that Massachusetts has a well-established testing…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Court Litigation, Due Process, Equal Protection
Brossell, Gordon; Hoetker, James – 1979
Technical problems involved in obtaining scores for essays written by teacher candidates are addressed. The rating procedure assures that each essay is read by three raters specially trained for the task. Ratings range from "1" for incompetent or unacceptable to "4" for outstanding. The score assigned to each essay will be the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1980
The public's reasons for encouraging the competency testing of teachers are discussed, as well as arguments against teacher testing. Testing activities or considered legislation in Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Virginia, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arizona, Wisconsin, and New York are briefly…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Hawisher, Margaret F. – 1979
An annotated bibliography on minimum competency testing is arranged by subtopics: overview; basic skills; compensatory education; competencies; cost effectiveness; curriculum; district programs; graduation requirements; handicapped students; legal aspects; readiness; reading; writing; state programs; teacher education; tests; math; and testing.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education