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Download full textThompson, Barbara – 1980
In this paper, the Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction reviews issues surrounding competency testing and describes Wisconsin's response to a nationwide effort to enhance student learning through competency based education. Efforts of the past two decades to improve traditional educational practice in Wisconsin are outlined.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Court Role
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1980
Fifteen basic skills improvement projects in Wisconsin school districts are described. These projects are federally funded (through the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title II) and are limited to adoptions or adaptations of programs which proved to be successful in other school districts. Basic skills are identified as reading, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Individual Instruction
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1981
This directory of resources was developed to present current information about teaching techniques, instructional materials, and human resources to enhance elementary and secondary basic skills instruction. The guides' five units cover basic skills, English and language arts, mathematics, reading, and writing. Each unit contains abstracts of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources
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During May and June of 1976, a random sample of nearly one thousand Wisconsin citizens was interviewed by telephone and asked 28 questions about selected education-related issues. Topics concerning state school district relationship included equal educational opportunity, state financing of education, state aid to parochial school students, state…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1978
This publication is a review of various projects and programs which have been effective in meeting the local needs of school districts throughout Wisconsin. The description of each project includes data on the target audience, assurances and claims, implementation requirements, financial requirements, and services available. Projects and programs…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Compensatory Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1980
As part of a review of the educational goals set by Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction, those attending the state's annual conference for district administrators in 1980 were asked to participate in meetings concerning seven aspects of educational goals, and to provide relevant comments and recommendations. The areas addressed were basic…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Basic Skills, Declining Enrollment
Dougherty, Barbara, Ed.; Novak, Jan, Ed. – 1982
This publication describes many of the basic skills improvement programs and activities ongoing in the state of Wisconsin. The efforts included were identified through a statewide survey in which administrators and staff members of the programs provided the information included in this volume. Programs described are grouped in the following…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, College Programs
Poole, Vicki A. – 1988
Having determined that neither traditional vocational education nor basic skills alone prepare students adequately for jobs and lifelong learning, the Wisconsin Legislature enacted an Education for Employment Standard that required every school district to form a school-business partnership council. The council's purpose is to guide the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1978
The 1978 Wisconsin assessment program, involving students in grades 4, 8, and 12, focused upon: (1) state-developed tests referenced to state objectives for computation and everyday money and measurement skills; (2) the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills: mathematics, reading, and language; (3) comparison of results of the 1976, 1977, and 1978…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Basic Skills, Computation
Wisconsin State Council on Vocational Education, Madison. – 1989
This document reports testimony presented at a public hearing on the future of the skilled work force in the Milwaukee area. Some of the views held by the Milwaukee-area educators and business and industry leaders were the following: (1) the current skilled labor shortage will continue into the 1990s; (2) many students going through the Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1985
Results of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program's 1984 test administrations are summarized. A sample of 16,000 public school students were tested. Tests included objective-referenced tests in writing and understanding of economics, and the norm-referenced Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) test of reading, mathematics, and language.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Economics
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. for Management and Planning Services. – 1980
Results of the fifth year of testing by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction are presented. In 1980, objective-referenced tests in mathematics and reading were given to a sample of Wisconsin's public school students in grades 4, 8, and 12. Students were also given the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) in mathematics, reading,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Harmatuck, L. – 1977
Nearly 15,000 Wisconsin public school students in grades 4, 8, and 12 were tested in Spring, 1977, as part of the Wisconsin Pupil Assessment Program. Objectives were: (1) to measure student progress in attaining specific mathematics objectives; (2) to determine how students compared nationally in reading, language, and mathematics; and (3) to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends
Dougherty, Barbara, Ed.; Novak, Jan, Ed. – 1982
This publication describes basic skills improvement programs and activities ongoing throughout the United States. The guide is organized into two sections. The first section contains program descriptions and hands-on materials from 25 elementary and secondary programs across the nation that have been selected for inclusion in the National…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Resources
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1988
This guide provides ideas and recommendations from the business and education communities of Wisconsin to help provide an opportunity for all students to reach their fullest career potential. The first part deals with the need to restructure the educational system in order to concentrate on education for employment and on the procedures entailed…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education, Career Education, Education Work Relationship
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