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Peer reviewedCarter, David G. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
As more states adopt minimum competency testing (MCT) programs, MCT is becoming the subject of much debate among educators and in the courts. MCT has been attacked by those who claim it discriminates against Blacks and non-English-speaking minorities. Also raised in the MCT debate is the question of educational malpractice. (RLV)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Court Litigation, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedGlass, Gene V. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
In this article, both the psychology behind minimum competency testing (MCT) and the statistics employed to determine the line between competence and incompetence are attacked. MCT is viewed as a crisis created to discredit teachers and schools and as a means of invasion of public education by state level bureaucrats and politicians. (RLV)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Centralization, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedIwanicki, Edward F. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
The process of setting performance standards must be examined within the particular context in which specific approaches have been used to construct or select the criterion performance measures being utilized. (Author/RLV)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedKean, Michael H.; Mattleman, Marciene S. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
The controversy over minimum competency testing (MCT) is multi-faceted and it is the Local Education Agency (LEA) which will bear the burden of the MCT movement. Among the concerns of the LEAs are the means of assessment, the content of tests, and the curricular implications of MCT. (RLV)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Court Litigation, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedBaron, Joan Boykoff; Sergi, Theodore S. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
After reviewing some problems raised by Minimum Competency Testing (MCT), the authors present ideas on the role of the State Education Agencies in defining minimum competencies. Among the items discussed are the implementation time of MCT, curricular implications, the impact on children, the financing of remediation, and state versus local control…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
