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| Basic Skills | 2 |
| Minimum Competency Testing | 2 |
| Competency Based Education | 1 |
| Educational Problems | 1 |
| English Curriculum | 1 |
| Futures (of Society) | 1 |
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| Public Opinion | 1 |
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| English Journal | 2 |
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Peer reviewedJacob, Kay – English Journal, 1982
Satirizes the teaching of basic skills in isolation and the placing of test results above true learning. (RL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, English Curriculum, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedGere, Anne Ruggles; Clark, Sandra – English Journal, 1978
Describes problems with standardized testing and urges teachers to educate the public about weaknesses in statewide minimum competency testing. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Problems, Minimum Competency Testing, Public Opinion
