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The Minimum Competency Movement in Public Education.
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Pinkney, H. B. – Clearing House, 1979
The author refutes arguments used by the critics of Competency Based Education (CBE), but also states that CBE cannot succeed without real commitment and the careful planning of several key components. (SJL)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Florida's Minimum Competency Program: Two Years Later and the Judge's Decision.
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Pinkney, H. B. – Clearing House, 1980
Two years after the implementation of Florida's Educational Accountability Act, which mandates statewide competency testing in reading, writing, and arithmetic, the author cites the advantages of the program, refutes criticisms of it and reviews the challenge to it in Federal District court, the Debra P. V. Turlington case. (SJL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education