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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

Is Competency Testing the Answer?

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Watts, Doyle – Clearing House, 1979

Competency testing is only one component of competency-based education (CBE); the others are: educational objectives, instructional process, remedial instruction, and program evaluation/reconceptualization. To implement only competency testing may result in disillusionment with the entire concept of CBE, which seeks to improve programs, not fail…

Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Formative Evaluation