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Garber, Herbert – 1985
In 1984 an evaluation team examined the Maryland Functional Testing Program (MFTP), a statewide competency-based, criterion-referenced testing program that was instituted to limit awarding of high school diplomas to those students who had earned scores above cut scores on a series of achievement tests. This article examines the procedures the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Spencerport Central Schools, NY. – 1987
During the 1982-83 school year the Spencerport (New York) Central School District began a comprehensive project to study the effective schools research and its implications at all levels of a suburban school system. A leadership planning team (consisting of teachers, principals, and district personnel) participated in a series of workshops and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Download full textMichigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1984
As part of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP), minimum competency tests of reading, mathematics, and communication skills are administered annually to fourth, seventh, and tenth grade students in Michigan. Results are calculated for each of the desired objectives. Data are also collected on students' reading habits. MEAP test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
