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Basic Skills Assessment in South Carolina: How Progressive an Approach to Minimum Competency Testing? National Consortium on Testing Staff Circular No. 8.

Haney, Walt; And Others – 1981

The National Consortium on Testing undertook a case study of South Carolina's competency testing program. The Basic Skills Assessment Act (BSAA) passed in 1978 provided for the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP). This program seemed a progressive approach because it is keyed to particular educational objectives. It is being implemented…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Minimum Competency Testing

Making Sense of the Competency Testing Movement. National Consortium on Testing, Staff Circular No. 2.

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Haney, Walt; Madaus, George – 1978

The enthusiasm for competency testing poses a contradiction, for it comes at a time when questions and criticisms are being increasingly raised about tests and their use. In three sections, this paper explores the competency testing movement: 1) main features and basic issues in the competency testing movements; 2) observations on the politics of…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Quality