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Peer reviewedFillbrandt, James R.; Merz, William R. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1977
A high school district employed multiple matrix sampling to establish cutting scores on reading and mathematics competency tests. Entry-level job holders in the working community were tested with subtests of the intact test. Generalizations were made from the results; performances of the high school and the community groups were compared.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Cutting Scores, Entry Workers
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Bassett, Ronald E. – Communication Education, 1978
Describes the work of the Speech Communication Association Task Force on Minimal Speaking and Listening Competencies for High School Graduates and provides recommended minimal speaking and listening competencies and implications for further curriculum development and research. (JMF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Communication Skills
Herron, Marshall D. – 1978
The Oregon State Board of Education has rejected the use of cut-off scores on a proficiency test to establish minimum performance standards for high school graduation. Instead, each school district is required to specify--by local board adoption--minimum competencies in reading, writing, listening, speaking, analyzing, and computing. These…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Cutting Scores, Educational Objectives
Download full textNew Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1989
The 11th annual report from the New Jersey Basic Skills Council provides information on the level of basic skills (verbal, computation, and elementary algebra) among freshmen admitted to New Jersey's public colleges and universities. Proficiency levels are estimated from performance on the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1985
This booklet describes a number of activities initiated in the State of New Jersey to improve academic standards and to help teachers prepare their students for taking New Jersey's High School Proficiency Test (HSPT). The HSPT, administered to all public school ninth graders, is more demanding than the previously used Minimum Basic Skills Test.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Grade 9, Graduation Requirements, High School Graduates
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1988
The New Jersey Basic Skills Assessment Program was created to determine the status of basic skills preparedness of freshmen entering public colleges and universities and to offer data to help colleges place freshman students in appropriate courses. The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is a 3-hour-and-20-minute examination…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Archer, Edith L.; Dresden, Judith H. – 1986
Students failing to master minimum competency tests are categorized as dropouts in this description of the results of and remediation efforts for the statewide Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) Testing Program. TEAMS assesses minimum competency in basic skills at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11-12 exit level. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Dropout Prevention
Belcher, Marcia J.; Downing, Sherry – 1990
A recent study of Dade County Public School (DCPS) graduates attending Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) revealed that 64% of those who graduated high school in 1989 had failed one or more of the basic skills sub-tests of the Florida Multiple Assessment Programs and Services test (FL-MAPS). Another study was conducted in 1989 to determine the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Preparation
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1977
Update VI provides an overview of federal and state legislation regarding minimal competency requirements for graduation and promotion as well as state department of education activities and local district programs in this area, from 1975 through June 1, 1977. Twenty-four states had introduced 67 bills related to this topic up to this date. While…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
In an attempt to stimulate discussion on directions and priorities for the California community colleges (CCC), this monograph examines six issues likely to affect the colleges during the 1980's. The monograph first reviews recent literature pointing to an erosion of the colleges' transfer, vocational, and general education functions and then…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, College Role
