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Peer reviewedPaulson, Darryl; Ball, Doris – Urban Education, 1984
Discusses trend toward minimum competency tests (MCTs) as a requirement for receiving high school graduation. Summarizes criticisms of such testing, and discusses Florida's experience with the MCT, especially in relation to minorities. Concludes that the use of MCTs is potentially discriminatory. (CJM)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Black Students, Competency Based Education, Educational Philosophy
Tractenberg, Paul L.; Kahn, Laura – 1979
Legal issues of minimum competency testing derive from federal and state constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, and from common law. Constitutional provisions for equal protection, due process, and freedom of belief and privacy, are primarily federal; education provisions are state mandated. Only four court cases have directly…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discriminatory Legislation, Due Process
