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Newkirk, Thomas – 1979
This criticism of writing competency tests questions both the efficacy of a test developed by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the reliance of individual states on the products of private testmakers. The paper suggests that a hidden curriculum is being developed by independent and semi-independent organizations that…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Minimum Competency Testing, Student Evaluation, Test Validity
Bratton, Samuel E., Jr. – Tennessee Education, 1981
Raises philosophical and technical questions about the Tennessee minimum competency testing program, including: what subject and skills are basic; who determines what competencies are minimal; what should be the consequences of failure; who is responsible for remediation of failing students; do or should skills being taught match skills being…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Secondary Education
Crew, Louie – 1979
A faculty member in a predominately black institution in the University System of Georgia critiqued the basic skills examination used as a placement and exit examination for the remedial program. He found that the local committee that developed the test had not defined what "basic skills" are, set priorities, nor specified degrees of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Remedial Programs
Fremer, John – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Replies to the immediately preceding article. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Brown, Rexford – 1978
Many states have adopted minimal competency testing in reading or writing, assuming that goals of basic education are measurable and that testing for such goals is technologically feasible. It is not clear that such testing comes at a time in history when the quality of education is demonstrably lower than at other times in American education. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Minimum Competency Testing
Cervero, Ronald M. – Adult Education, 1980
Researchers reanalyzed the original Adult Performance Level Test survey data for the test's validity and reliability, and they concluded that (1) the test is not content valid because it assumes that functional competence can be logically defined and adult success accurately measured; and (2) the test is a valid measure of verbal, writing, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Factor Analysis, Functional Literacy

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

Mayher, John S.; Brause, Rita S. – Language Arts, 1986
Addresses two concerns about how educational reforms are being carried out: (1) the definitions being used to determine what is basic in education, and (2) the tests being used to measure those "basic skills." Suggests some solutions for teachers who recognize the legitimacy of public concern and the necessity of public support. (HTH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change, Elementary Education
McClung, Merle Steven – Clearinghouse Review, 1977
This article discusses the potential for discrimination inherent in competency-based testing and suggests some provisions which might be included in a fair competency-based program. Discussed are: (1) racial discrimination; (2) inadequate phase-in periods; (3) tests which are not reliable or have not been validated; (4) inadequate matching of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Cultural Influences, Educational Legislation
Haney, Walt; Madaus, George – 1978
The enthusiasm for competency testing poses a contradiction, for it comes at a time when questions and criticisms are being increasingly raised about tests and their use. In three sections, this paper explores the competency testing movement: 1) main features and basic issues in the competency testing movements; 2) observations on the politics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Quality
Koffler, Stephen L. – 1983
This study examined the curricular validity of the New Jersey Basic Skills test, a minimum competency test administered to all public school students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11 to measure basic skills in reading and mathematics. Based on examinations of a Modified Caution Index, there were differences in the usual response patterns for both reading…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Hildebrand, Myrene; Hoover, H. D. – 1986
This study compared the reliability and validity of two different measures of reading ability, the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) and the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) Reading test and the ITBS Vocabulary test. The data consisted of scores of 377 grade 5 and grade 6 students on these tests, along with their assigned reading levels in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Correlation, Grade 5, Grade 6

Dupuis, Mary M.; Fagan, Edward R. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 1983
This article describes procedures used at Pennsylvania State University to assess basic skills of applicants to the secondary school teacher education program. Tests given prior to student teaching assignments measure reading, writing, and speaking competencies. Test development and validation activities are explained. (PP)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Education Majors, Higher Education
Goodstein, H. A. – 1982
The proposed standard for judging proficiency test score reliability requires that the proportion of items passed for each objective assessed be a dependable estimate of the universe score for the domain strata established by the objective. Domain breadth is the focusing issue. Data from a field trial of the Tennessee Proficiency Test are analyzed…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
Klein, Karen – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
This review of recent research on minimum competency testing requirements focuses on the impact of such requirements on school curricula and on the processes of selecting which competencies are to be tested, determining cutoff scores, and ensuring test validity and reliability. (JBM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Criteria, Curriculum
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