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ERIC Number: EJ169731
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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What Is a "Competent" High School Graduate?
Strike, Kenneth A.
Educational Leadership, 35, 2, 93-7, Nov 77
Argues that a key question underlying competency-based education concerns what kinds of knowledge and skills are of significant social importance to society, and suggests that society's fundamental interests are in the education of politically and economically competent citizens. (Author/JG)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Graduation Requirements, Performance Criteria, Secondary Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Skills
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