Reading Personnel and Competency-Based Education.

Garcia, Cara L.

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ERIC Number: EJ245594

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Publication Date: 1981

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Reading Personnel and Competency-Based Education.

Garcia, Cara L.

Reading Improvement, v18 n1 p32-36 Spr 1981

Discusses the following issues raised by competency-based education (CBE): (1) defining competency, (2) nonequivalent levels of competency, (3) monitoring student progress, (4) competency testing, (5) grouping for instruction, and (6) the legal implications of competency testing. Presents guidelines to reading teachers considering employment in a school district using CBE. (FL)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading Teachers, Student Certification

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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