Competence-Based Assessment

by Alison Wolf

Competence-based assessment is the cornerstone of the UK Government's reforms of vocational training and of non-academic full-time education post-16. Australia has adopted similar policies, and there is considerable interest in the notion of 'competence' in both Europe and North America. Alison Wolf describes the main characteristics of the competence-based approach as it has emerged in the UK, and traces its origins in American experimental programmes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335190235
• ISBN13: 9780335190232
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"