A Study of Procedures for Developing and Implementing Life-Related Minimal Competency Programs in Fifteen States.

Institution	Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore.
Titel	A Study of Procedures for Developing and Implementing Life-Related Minimal Competency Programs in Fifteen States.
Quelle	(1978), (62 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Standards; Basic Skills; Competency Based Education; Daily Living Skills; Educational Assessment; Educational Testing; Elementary Secondary Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Instructional Improvement; Minimum Competencies; Program Implementation; State Programs; Statewide Planning; Student Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Alltagsfertigkeit; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Lehrerfortbildung; Unterrichtsqualität; Fundamentum; Mindestwissen; Regierungsprogramm; Planwirtschaft; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	The concern of educators and the general public over the decline in basic skills achievement of students nationwide has led to a national push for results-oriented instruction and educational accountability. Many states are developing tests for life-related competencies which students should master during the schooling process. States moving toward certification of competencies through testing are doing so in teams of two categories: "the basics" (school skills) and "survival skills" (life-roles). The Project Basic Office of the Maryland State Department of Education conducted a study of a group of states which intend to assess competencies beyond the basics. This paper reports the procedures used for the study, presents data collected from responding states, and poses some of the questions which the data suggest. The purposes of the study are: (1) to identify those states moving toward assessment of life-role competencies beyond the basics; (2) to describe ways in which these states are developing programs for assessment; and (3) to discuss similarities among the programs. Several appendices are included. (Author/GSK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC