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Fisher, Thomas H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedKoffler, Stephen L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The New Jersey High School Proficiency Test--a new, more rigorous competency test required for high school graduation in New Jersey--was evaluated for three years of its use. The impact of the state's testing program on curriculum, high school graduation, state compensatory education funding, and district certification is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Compensatory Education, Graduation Requirements, High School Students
Pipho, Chris – 1979
This chart summarizes the following categories of information about various states' minimum competency testing activities: (1) name of state; (2) legislation or ruling which requires testing; (3) name of organization which sets standards; (4) grade levels assessed; (5) skill areas assessed; (6) use of standards and of test results; and (7) other…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Operations, Research, and Evaluation. – 1980
An overview is presented of the New Jersey Department of Education's activities in response to the following mandates: (1) statewide minimum standards be established for communication/computation skills; (2) students be tested annually in these areas to determine progress; and (3) remediation be provided to all students whose performance is below…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report presents Fall, 1991 results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing which tests incoming college students and evaluates collegiate remedial courses. A summary of the findings notes that freshmen recorded poorer results on every section of the test compared to 1990 results, that in verbal skills 42 percent lacked…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Download full textBelcher, Marcia J. – 1989
Cutscores for certifying competence on the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) have been raised three times since the test was implemented in 1982. In 1989, a study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to challenge the contention that a vast majority of students taking the CLAST under the largest and most recent jump in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Cutting Scores
PDF pending restorationTuckman, Bruce W.; Nadler, Frederick F. – 1979
The concern that minimum competency testing programs allow minimum performance levels to be accepted as the maximum was investigated, using reading and mathematics achievement test data in one state. State and local school district standards were defined as the number of students falling below each standard, thus needing remediation. Test results…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Down, A. Graham – 1979
Most of the arguments lodged against minimum competency testing are really observations about the abuses of testing. Blacks and other minority groups are understandably mistrustful of recent developments in minimum competency testing--possible grounds for legal challenges include the adequacy of the phase-in periods; the match between tests and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black Attitudes, Evaluation Needs, Graduation Requirements
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1985
The South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) was established by South Carolina legislation enacted in 1978. This report describes BSAP implementation and test results for 1984-85 as prescribed in the legislation. As the schedule for this academic year required, the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) was administered to all…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Measurement
