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Watkins, Richard W. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1988
This response to a previous article concerning the use of the CBEST considers the importance of periodic review of testing and scoring procedures, the uses and improvement of these procedures, and the search for alternatives which better suit the intended purposes. (CB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Minimum Competency Testing, Test Selection, Test Use
Kelemen, Matthew; Koski, William S. – 1998
California, in response to pessimism about the efficacy of public education, adopted the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), a three-part test of reading, writing, and mathematics required of teacher applicants. This paper takes a critical look at the genesis, passage, implementation, and consequences of the CBEST legislation. In…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education