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Download full textOutcalt, Charles; Rabin, Joel – 1998
In recent years, community colleges have developed innovative assessment programs to respond to more explicit state guidelines and mandates for greater accountability. In California, for example, the State Assembly began requiring community colleges to address specific educational and fiscal performance issues in assessments in 1989, while…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation
Eissenberg, Thomas E.; Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1988
A brief overview of the status of state programs designed to assess teacher competency is provided. Tests commonly used by states include tests of persons who apply to educational programs (admissions tests) and tests for graduates of teacher education programs (certification tests). Admissions tests are used by 24 states, while certification…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Scores
Sykes, Gary; Plastrik, Peter – 1993
This paper is an inquiry into standard setting as educational reform, stimulated by the emergence of projects and initiatives engaged in during the development of new standards. The publication is organized into five sections. The first section provides a brief discussion of the idea of a standard together with a definition that indicates the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Futures (of Society)
