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Download full textFlippo, Rona F. – 1986
Teacher competency testing for the purpose of screening persons prior to state certification continues to be on the upswing in the United States. Many states have implemented paper-pencil tests, most of which were prepared by Educational Testing Service and National Evaluation Systems. Problem areas to consider when certification tests are used to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, National Competency Tests
Peer reviewedHaney, Walt – Educational Leadership, 1980
Current conflicts over test bias and "truth-in-testing" reflect differing aims of education and the increasingly important social role of testing in our society. (Author)
Descriptors: Conflict, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPullin, Diana; Zirkel, Perry A. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1988
Provides an overview of legal issues concerning the testing of handicapped students and employees in elementary and secondary schools and in institutions of higher education. The first part of the paper summarizes the major specialized sources of applicable statutory and administrative law. The second part synthesizes the relevant case law.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFarmer, Laurelyn Irving – Innovative Higher Education, 1989
Some states are mandating basic skills testing and encouraging comprehensive universities to provide remedial programs for students who do not pass the tests. Texas House Bill 2182 is an example of this trend and is discussed in light of 10 key issues posed by assessment experts. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Students, Competence
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
A full report is presented of testimony on teacher preparation given by witnesses before the subcommittee on postsecondary education. Included are the remarks and prepared statements of the following witnesses: (1) Marie D. Eldridge, Administrator of the National Center for Education Statistics, who discussed survey data on making teacher…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria, Career Ladders, Curriculum Development
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1988
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is an instructional program designed to ensure that all college students in Texas have the reading, math and writing skills necessary to perform effectively in college courses. One component of the TASP is a diagnostic test of reading, math and writing skills. Answers to the following questions about the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
This document contains testimony, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials submitted during two days of hearings held in September, 1977. Under consideration was a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require state educational agencies to establish basic standards of educational proficiency applicable…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
McGhehey, M. A., Ed. – 1981
This volume is a collection of 21 papers concerning law and education presented by speakers of widely divergent points of view at the annual convention of the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education (NOLPE). The opinions expressed in the papers are solely those of the authors and do not represent any policy determination of NOLPE. The…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Copyrights
Jones, Thomas N., Ed.; Semler, Darel P., Ed. – 1986
A wide variety of contemporary legal issues, involving all levels of public and private education, are addressed in the 20 separate chapters comprising this volume. The titles and authors of the chapters are as follows: (1) Due Process of Law: Loudermill v. Cleveland Board of Education (Hooker); (2) Schools, Technology and the Law (Helm); (3)…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Censorship, Cheating
