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Iwanicki, 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

Kean, 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