An Oxymoron for Competency-Based Educators.

Popham, W. James

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An Oxymoron for Competency-Based Educators.

Popham, W. James

Thrust for Educational Leadership, v8 n3 p28-29 Jan 1979

When designing competency based education programs to meet state requirements, California educators would do well to select only a small number of highly significant competencies per basic skill area, for which they can devise on-target instruction and valid competency measures. (SJL)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Mastery Tests, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Content, Program Development, Test Construction, Test Reliability

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