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Haney, Walt; And Others – 1981
The National Consortium on Testing undertook a case study of South Carolina's competency testing program. The Basic Skills Assessment Act (BSAA) passed in 1978 provided for the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP). This program seemed a progressive approach because it is keyed to particular educational objectives. It is being implemented…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Minimum Competency Testing
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1986
This report presents a summary of South Carolina's utilization of Title I/Chapter 1 funds as an educational resource for educationally deprived children from 1981 through 1985. It also identifies those projects exhibiting the greatest gains in student achievement during 1985. During the five years studied, there were steady decreases in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Download full textMAHAFFEY, JAMES P.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE EVALUATION OF A PROJECT IN READING INSTRUCTION IN A TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM IS REPORTED. THE PROJECT WAS AN EXTENSIVE EFFORT TO UPGRADE THE TEACHING OF READING SKILLS AT THE ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. TEACHERS WERE ORIENTED TO NEW MATERIALS AND NEW APPROACHES FOR TEACHING BASIC READING SKILLS. THE USE OF SELECTED…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Inservice Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1989
Evaluation of South Carolina's 1987-88 Remedial and Compensatory Program, funded by the state's Education Improvement Act of 1984 (EIA), shows that the program was successful in raising the participants' achievement. The programs include basic skills learning in reading and mathematics in all grades, and writing in grades 6-12, but not all grades…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Trull, J. Raymond
Following a brief discussion of the development of the "South Carolina Educational Objectives for 1975," needs assessment data are provided. These data provide the criteria, status measure, and discrepancy related to School Dropouts, Instruction in Basic Skills, Program for the Handicapped, State-Wide Kindergarten, First Grade Failures,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disabilities, Dropouts, Educational Needs
South Carolina State Council on Vocational and Technical Education, Columbia. – 1986
This report, the fifth in a series of studies of South Carolina's vocational education system, summarizes the results of a recent mail survey of more than 1,200 employers throughout the state regarding their perceptions of and experiences with vocational education, its graduates, and entry-level workers. Some of the results of the survey were as…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1977
The first year of a demonstration experience-based career education (EBCE) project implemented to provide realistic career information to J.L. Mann High School (South Carolina) students was evaluated. The project was intended to provide the EBCE students with community-based career experiences structured to reinforce academic instruction, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
Peterson, Elizabeth A.; Ott, Joyce; Wilson, Kathleen – 2002
This document is intended to help literacy practitioners and others in South Carolina promote workplace literacy and basic skills development programs. The introduction examines the following topics: South Carolina's current workforce and its outlook; the definitions of literacy and workplace literacy; the need for workplace literacy and basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship
Ott, Joyce A. – 2001
This document introduces community leaders and practitioners to innovative approaches to improving workforce literacy by building accessible lifelong learning systems to prepare adults with the array of skills needed to prosper in the new economy. The introduction defines literacy and workforce literacy and outlines the challenges that education,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
