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SPRING 2011
Page 2A
GAP
laboration. Assessment is schoolbased. There are no school districts and no standardized tests.
The government’s responsibility is to ensure that schools and
teachers have enough resources
and technical skill to complete
their mission and to ensure a balance between diversity and public
standard.
In this model, schools and
teachers have the skills and
freedom to innovate. The focus
is on teaching and learning, not
testing.
Dr. David Hogan, of Singapore’s National Institute of Education, concurs, suggesting that
any improvement model must be
“neither too tight nor too loose.”
That, of course, is a challenge, but
the basic design principles are
quite similar.
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motivates the “net generation”
to excellence must be accurately
understood and addressed.
According to John W. Scott,
CEO of Bahrain Polytechnic,
“Employability skills must take
priority for both students and
employers.” He suggests that in
order to produce work-ready graduates, educators must collaborate
with industry leaders to:
• determine the desired outcomes and employability skills;
• develop behavioral descriptors that can be measured;
• design a “Universal Curriculum” around competencies;
• use learning strategies that
develop competencies through
problem-based learning opportunities;
• create a transparent assessment methodology; and
• provide evidence of performance and industr