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A Helpful Decision in an Important Case.
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Lott, Winsor – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
The Florida Court decision reaffirms a state's right to impose a diploma sanction when competency tests are valid. Testing specialists now have a precedent for demonstrating curricular and instructional validity. Competency testing programs are a useful method for implementing instructional improvements. (DWH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Change, Equal Education, Graduation Requirements
Task-Teaching Versus Test-Teaching.
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Popham, W. James – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
Developers of high stakes criterion-referenced tests are urged to formulate test tasks so that efficient instruction can promote student mastery of the domain. Time-on-task has been promoted by instructional psychologists as preferable to test teaching. (DWH)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Instructional Improvement
Standards, Evidence and Equity: Implications of the 1983 Debra P. Decision.
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Calfee, Robert – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1983
Florida mandated high school competency tests in 1978. Evidence presented in the court case of Debra P. versus Turlington indicated students learn what they are taught. Low failure districts reported more concentration on basic skills. The issue of educational equity versus educational excellence has not been more resolved. (DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Court Litigation, Educational Change