Publication Date
| In 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| High Schools | 2 |
| Secondary Education | 2 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| High School Equivalency… | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Georgia | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| California Achievement Tests | 1 |
| Comprehensive Tests of Basic… | 1 |
| General Educational… | 1 |
| Metropolitan Achievement Tests | 1 |
| National Education… | 1 |
| Otis Lennon School Ability… | 1 |
| Stanford Achievement Tests | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textAustin S. Jennings – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2025
Competency-based testing and credentialing (CBTC) initiatives aim to address inequity in adult education by fundamentally changing how states use GED®, HiSET®, and TASC™ test scores to award and withhold high school equivalency credentials. However, CBTC is inconsistent with how developers intend states to use those scores. Accordingly, it falls…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Credentials, Equal Education
Direct linkPhelps, Richard P. – Online Submission, 2020
This review critiques the highly-praised and influential 2001 study, "Getting Tough? The Impact of High School Graduation Exams," which concluded that "minimum competency," or high school "graduation exams," had no effect on student achievement. The review compares the test classifications of "Getting…
Descriptors: High School Students, Exit Examinations, Academic Achievement, Minimum Competencies
Prince, Robert – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2016
Higher education's ability to retain students through to graduation appears to be an international challenge. This is also the case in South Africa where only 27% of student complete their studies in minimum time and where 55% are unlikely to ever graduate. These challenges have meant that extended degree programmes, where degrees are formally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criterion Referenced Tests, Norm Referenced Tests, Educational Benefits
