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Rx for the Credibility Gap: District-Wide Final Examinations.

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Smartschan, Glenn F. – Clearing House, 1983

Describes the five-year effort of the Allentown, Pennsylvania School District to develop districtwide final examinations to test the mastery of course objective in its secondary schools. (FL)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Content, School Districts

An Oxymoron for Competency-Based Educators.

Popham, W. James – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979

When designing competency based education programs to meet state requirements, California educators would do well to select only a small number of highly significant competencies per basic skill area, for which they can devise on-target instruction and valid competency measures. (SJL)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education