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Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1997
Concerns over the quality of education in the United States and the increasing demands of international competition have resulted in increased calls for the development and implementation of industry-based skill standards. A series of 22 pilot projects that were initiated by the National Skills Standard Board to strengthen the education-employment…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Competence
Fretwell, David H.; Lewis, Morgan V.; Deij, Arjen – 2001
The key issues, alternatives, and implications for developing countries to consider when designing systems to define occupational standards, related training standards, and assessments were analyzed. The analysis focused on the following issues: the rationale for development of standards; clarification of definitions, terminology, and assumptions;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Education, Cooperative Planning, Developed Nations