Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Author
| Brickell, Henry M. | 1 |
| Burke, Fred G. | 1 |
| Cohen, Paul | 1 |
| Gallas, Howard B. | 1 |
| Garner, C. William | 1 |
| Goldman, Norman | 1 |
| Johnson, Carl I. | 1 |
| Keller, Maureen | 1 |
| Koffler, Stephen L. | 1 |
| McCabe, Connie | 1 |
| Merkel-Keller, Claudia | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
| High Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Researchers | 2 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
Location
| New Jersey | 20 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full text
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
Peer reviewedShine, William A.; Goldman, Norman – Educational Leadership, 1980
Contends that New Jersey's Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) tests in reading and mathematics waste time and money and should not be used by the state as the criteria to measure school and district performance. Low scores are the result of social conditions schools cannot correct by themselves. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
Peer reviewedBurke, Fred G. – Educational Leadership, 1980
The New Jersey Commissioner of Education replies that the Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) tests are not the sole criterion used to measure school and district performance and that some schools manage to teach well despite their students' low socioeconomic level. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
Peer reviewedBrickell, Henry M. – Educational Leadership, 1980
Radical, but nevertheless serious, suggestions are made to change ineffective schools. (MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGarner, C. William – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1981
Describes a group education plan for school districts and an individual education plan for the disadvantaged learner, as developed in New Jersey. Elements discussed include formulation of the group education plan and implementation of the individual education plan. (CT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Individualized Education Programs, Minimum Competency Testing
Price, Lynn, Ed. – 1980
Guidelines are provided to assist New Jersey local school districts in improving and strengthening their graduation policies in accordance with the new law and regulations. Basic skills proficiency requirements have been enacted in Chapter 241, Laws of 1979. This law requires that students successfully pass tests in reading, writing and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of General Academic Education. – 1989
Raising the level of academic achievement of all students in New Jersey has been a major goal since 1982. As a part of that effort, the focus has changed from the low expectations of the Minimum Basic Skills program to the more rigorous demands of the High School Proficiency Test. This report includes background information on the effort to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Grade 11, High Schools
Merkel-Keller, Claudia – 1989
The State of New Jersey has proposed moving its competency test of basic skills from the 9th to the 11th grade, in order to allow for more content learning, more maturity, and more test-taking skills on the part of students. Since vocational students are more likely than other students to score low on the basic skills competency test, having the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, High School Students, High Schools, Integrated Curriculum
Gallas, Howard B. – 1980
The New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) Tests in reading and mathematics were administered for the third consecutive year during the week of March 24, 1980 to approximately 390,000 publicly educated students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11. The 1979-80 MBS Tests measured the same skills as the 1977-78 and 1978-79 tests. These three tests remained…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 3
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1987
This report consists of data tables summarizing test results statewide for students in grades 11 and 12 who took the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) test in March, 1987. The MBS assesses minimum skills in reading and mathematics. It is used as the graduation test for students who entered ninth grade prior to September 1985 and have not yet…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Mathematics Tests
NJEA Review, 1980
The New Jersey State Department of Education is implementing a program to evaluate every school on its basic skills instruction, improvement plans, and legal compliance. Unsatisfactory schools face labeling and a comprehensive program review. This article outlines the state plan and the New Jersey Education Association's objections to it. (SJL)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Basic Skills, Classification, Educational Improvement
Cohen, Paul – 1988
School districts in New Jersey were required to report to the State Department of Education data pertaining to the impact of the state's high school graduation law (Chapter 241, Public Law 1979) on the 1987-88 graduating class. Data were collected through a form completed by all public school districts issuing diplomas. Of the 77,680 students in…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Grade 12, Graduation Requirements
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1980
An overview is presented of the New Jersey Department of Education's activities in response to the following mandates: (1) statewide minimum standards be established for communication/computation skills; (2) students be tested annually in these areas to determine progress; and (3) remediation be provided to all students whose performance is below…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Keller, Maureen; McCabe, Connie – 1984
Using a question and answer format, this booklet explains state high school graduation requirements for classified special education students in New Jersey. Classified pupils must meet all state and local graduation requirements unless exempted in their individualized educational programs (IEPs). Fulfilling IEP requirements qualifies a classified…
Descriptors: Attendance, Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Credits
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report presents Fall, 1991 results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing which tests incoming college students and evaluates collegiate remedial courses. A summary of the findings notes that freshmen recorded poorer results on every section of the test compared to 1990 results, that in verbal skills 42 percent lacked…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1 | 2
