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Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Information Center on Exceptional Children. – 1978
A series of six fact sheets giving basic information on specific subjects of interest to those working with handicapped and gifted children. The fact sheets, developed by the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children during fiscal year 1978, are designed in a question/answer format and have…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Definitions, Drug Therapy, Educational Legislation
Download full textWise, Arthur E. – 1977
Minimal competency testing is the most recent evolution of the accountability movement and of the competency based education movement. It focuses on the basic academic skills of reading, writing, and arithemtic. It presumes the state will set educational objectives, and that the local school district will conduct its program so that the objectives…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Minimim standards and basic skills assessment activities at the federal, state, and local school district level, as of September 1977, are summarized, indicating the broad range and variety that exists nationwide. Minimal competency testing is mandated by law in eleven states: California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
