During 1972-74, three separate but interrelated statewide policies were enacted providing the legal basis for moving Oregon public schools and the postsecondary institutions preparing educational personnel for these schools to a competency-based orientation. These three policy areas dealt with 1) changes in the minimum requirements for graduation from high school, 2) changes in the standards on which personnel preparation institutions are accredited and educational personnel are certified, and 3) changes in the minimum school standards used by the state to accredit elementary and secondary schools. A brief review of each of these policy areas is presented. (Author)