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Download full textCenter on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about New Mexico High School Competency Examination (NMHSCE), a minimum competency test. Its purpose is to meet a state mandate. It will be replaced by the Grade 11 Standards Based Assessment/High School Graduation Assessment (SBA/HSGA) in spring 2011 as the state's high school exit exam. The NMHSCE was administered…
Descriptors: High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing, Exit Examinations, Minimum Competencies
PDF pending restorationGeorgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Planning and Development. – 1985
This document acquaints teachers and curriculum directors with the reading, mathematics, and problem solving indicators assessed by the Georgia Basic Skills Tests, initially given in grade 10. Students who fail initially in grade 10 have at least five other opportunities to take the test and must pass it in order to graduate. In reading, skill…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Grade 10, Graduation Requirements
Ellwein, Mary Catherine; Glass, Gene V. – 1987
A qualitative case study involving five educational institutions assessed the use of competency testing as a prerequisite for high school graduation, criterion for admission into college, criterion for teacher certification, and statewide assessment tool. Focus was on persons and processes involved in setting educational standards associated with…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Entrance Examinations
Medrich, Elliott A.; And Others – 1992
The substance and impact of state-level reforms related to student standards are presented by: (1) providing information on the currrent state of educational reforms aimed at raising student standards; (2) summarizing research designed to identify linkages between higher standards and student outcomes; (3) exploring the strength of relationships…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Course Selection (Students), Databases
