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| Educational Leadership | 4 |
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| Brickell, Henry M. | 1 |
| Burke, Fred G. | 1 |
| Goldman, Norman | 1 |
| Popham, W. James | 1 |
| Rankin, Stuart C. | 1 |
| Shine, William A. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Opinion Papers | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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| New Jersey | 3 |
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Peer reviewedShine, William A.; Goldman, Norman – Educational Leadership, 1980
Contends that New Jersey's Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) tests in reading and mathematics waste time and money and should not be used by the state as the criteria to measure school and district performance. Low scores are the result of social conditions schools cannot correct by themselves. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
Peer reviewedBurke, Fred G. – Educational Leadership, 1980
The New Jersey Commissioner of Education replies that the Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) tests are not the sole criterion used to measure school and district performance and that some schools manage to teach well despite their students' low socioeconomic level. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
Peer reviewedPopham, W. James; Rankin, Stuart C. – Educational Leadership, 1980
The Detroit (Michigan) High School Proficiency Program emphasizes instruction as well as testing. (Author)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Mathematics, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading
Peer reviewedBrickell, Henry M. – Educational Leadership, 1980
Radical, but nevertheless serious, suggestions are made to change ineffective schools. (MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
