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Minorities and Testing Mandates: A State Intervenes.
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Nelli, Elizabeth; Minnis, Bernard – Action in Teacher Education, 1986
The development of an intervention program initiated by the Kentucky Department of Education to ensure that minority education majors have access to training in skills needed for standardized tests is described. (MT)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Language Skills, Minimum Competency Testing
Proficiency-Based Foreign Language Requirements: A Plan for Action.
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Schulz, Renate A. – ADFL Bulletin, 1988
Describes the University of Arizona's plan of action for defining and testing second language proficiency at the fourth semester level (a college requirement). Tasks include (1) reviewing proficiency literature; (2) redefining the second language requirement by using the ACTFL proficiency guidelines; (3) developing testing techniques; and (4)…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Los Angeles Aligns Instruction with Essential Skills.
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Niedermeyer, Fred; Yelon, Stephen – Educational Leadership, 1981
Classroom instruction is aligned with grade level basic objectives and a yearly survey of these skills. Methods and resources that elementary school principals and teachers can use to teach essential skills are being developed. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing. Fall, 1986 Entering Freshmen. Report to the Board of Higher Education.
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New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1987
From March through October of 1986, 44,453 students took the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) at the 30 New Jersey public colleges and 11 participating independent institutions of higher education. Designed to provide data for summary reports to the Board of Higher Education and to help colleges place already admitted…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Language Skills
Results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing. Fall, 1987 Entering Freshmen. Report to the Board of Higher Education.
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New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1988
Details are provided to the New Jersey Board of Higher Education on the level of basic skills among freshmen admitted to the state's public colleges/universities. Levels of proficiency are estimated from performance on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT). Categories reflect performance of students tested at the campuses of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Language Skills