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Competency Based Education: A Bandwagon in Search of a Definition

Educational ResearcherPublished 1 January 1977
William G. Spady
Citations175
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Abstract

districts focused on the new requirements in 1974. The thrust of these new requirements and standards involved the introduction of three domains of survival level competencies as minimum conditions for high school graduation by 1978: personal development, social responsibility, and career development. In addition to passing a normal complement of high school courses, students will be obligated to master locally determined minimum standards in these three com-

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PsychologySocial SciencesMathematics