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Ferguson, Richard L. – 1982
A number of forces are likely to contribute to future issues in educational assessment: (1) reduction in government resources, (2) financial pressures broadening the diversity of post-secondary applicant pools; (3) adult student emergence at the post secondary level; (4) concern with accountability of schools and educators; (5) strengthening of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedGray, Kenneth C.; Wang, Dan-Shang – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1989
A pilot test of 29 (78 percent) first-year trade and industrial (T&I) teachers who took the Connecticut Competency Examination for Prospective Teachers compared their scores with those of general education majors. Only 21 percent of the T&I teachers passed, suggesting the need for better basic skills preparation in T&I teacher…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Beginning Teachers, Minimum Competency Testing, Postsecondary Education
Download full textLove-Wilkes, Rebecca; Cummings, Ronda – 1993
This report on competency testing in vocational and technical education is a follow-up to previous reports published in 1988 and 1990. Section 1 summarizes the data. It describes competency testing in the 13 states that currently mandate competency testing and identifies the 11 states in which voluntary testing is occurring, the 9 states either…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, National Surveys
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1996
This packet consists of explanatory materials on the Missouri Marketing Education Competency Profile and related information. Section 1 describes the mission of marketing education, marketing occupations, curriculum framework, and curriculum alignment for the 1996 profile. Section 2 addresses 1996 revisions to the Missouri Marketing Education Core…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Distributive Education
Kapes, Jerome T.; Welch, Frederick G. – 1985
Procedures for establishing the cutoff scores for the occupational competency exams administered to individuals graduating from Pennsylvania vocational teacher education programs were reviewed. A total of 595 National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Exams administered in 43 occupations or trades at three colleges between the…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Policy, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria
