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Download full textKennedy, Robert L. – 1987
Teacher testing began in Arkansas when the governor threatened to veto a 1% sales tax if a teacher testing bill were not passed. With enactment of Act 76 in 1983, an instrument was developed for field testing in 1984 over objections of the Arkansas Education Association. The test, the Arkansas Educational Skills Assessment, is comprised of 50…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, State Legislation
Peer reviewedHackley, Lloyd V. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
Rising state standards and competency testing of entering teachers is resulting in a numerical decline in Black candidates who are ill equipped due to weak programs in the secondary schools. A comprehensive program at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff to provide both educational equity and educational improvement is described. (BS)
Descriptors: Black Teachers, College Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedPodemski, Richard S.; Lohr, Cherie K. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
A controversial Arkansas law requires that all currently employed certified teachers pass a specially developed literacy test. This article describes the rational for teacher testing in terms of professional, ethical, and political issues. Testing is necessary for public support for reforms that improve the professional status and salaries of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Price, John L.; And Others – 1990
A remediation approach developed by the Vilonia public schools (Arkansas) to remediate content/skill deficiencies in middle level students resulted from three conditions: state laws and regulations regarding minimum competency testing; more awareness of problems with at-risk students; and recognition of the need to reach students academically…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1980
Intended to help Arkansas schools implement its 1980 State Basic Skills Improvement Plan, this booklet identifies basic skills to be measured by the state and makes suggestions for incorporating these skills into the curriculum. The first section explains the Educational Assessment Act of 1979 establishing a statewide basic skills assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competence, Curriculum Development
Osborne, David – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1992
Describes the significant change in Arkansas State public policy on education during the tenure of Governor Bill Clinton. Details the political ups and downs of Clinton's initiatives, particularly teacher competency tests. Offers a postscript on Clinton's initiatives and a side bar on the Home Instructional Program for Preschool Youngsters. (JB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
