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Bridges, Jean Bolen – 1986
In 1972, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia instituted the Regents' Testing Program (RTP) to provide systemwide information on the status of student competence in reading and writing and to provide a uniform means of identifying those students who fail to attain minimum levels of competence in these areas. Since 1972, some…
Descriptors: Accountability, Essay Tests, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education
Download full textPhillips, June K.; Glisan, Eileen W. – 1988
A project developed at Indiana University of Pennsylvania was designed to meet the needs of secondary school teachers of French and Spanish in two areas: proficiency maintenance and improvement, and proficiency testing. The program consisted of four phases, two during the funding period and two follow-up. The first, proficiency-building, involved…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, French, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Steele, D. Joyce – 1985
This paper contains a comparison of descriptive information based on analyses of pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The test is composed of three subject tests: Reading, Mathematics, and Language. The study was intended to validate the test development procedure by comparing difficulty levels…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Graduation Requirements
Steele, D. Joyce – 1991
This paper compares descriptive information based on analyses of the pilot and live administrations of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The AHSGE, a product of decisions made in 1977 and 1984 by the Alabama State Board of Education, is composed of subject tests in reading, mathematics, and language. The pass score for each…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Grade 11, Graduation Requirements
Shafer, Robert E. – 1986
In Arizona, beginning teachers applying for certification must take the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Examination which tests professional knowledge, reading, mathematics, and grammar. The high failure rate on the grammar test has caused a great deal of concern; 40 percent of the examinees, and a higher percentage of minority groups, failed it in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Higher Education
Bostic, Jeff Q.; And Others – 1987
The public schools reform movement has led to a proliferation of minimum competency testing programs by states. At the 11th/12th grade level, the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), mandated by Texas House Bill 72, is an exit exam, divided into two sections which measure minimum competencies in math and language skills.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Early Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
Cornejo, Ricardo; Nadeau, Adel – 1978
This is the first in a series of papers on research, development, and training for bilingual/multicultural education. The first two sections of the paper describe Task Force findings specifying remedies available for eliminating past educational practices ruled unlawful under Lau v Nichols, particularly the section dealing with identification of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Court Litigation
