Date of Award

3-1979

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

Glenn E. Tagatz

Abstract

Is the movement toward competency-based educational testing another exercise in educational jargon, or is this concept soundly derived from a systematic, scientific approach to the improvement of the existing educational setting? The terms, "accountability," "assessment," and "behavioral objectives," have infiltrated the curriculum of t he 196os. Is competency-based education merely an updating of such references to assess student performance in the 1970s?

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