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Peer reviewedLovell, Ned B.; Riegle, Rodney P. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1980
This article presents 11 concrete policy guidelines to help school districts avoid some of the most common problems associated with the implementation of minimal competency testing. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Download full textRiegel, Rodney P.; Lovell, Ned B. – 1980
The phenomenon of minimum competency testing (MCT) is explored, beginning with its origins in public concern for educational accountability. Three major themes appearing in the states enacting prescriptive legislation are described: state standards/state test (Florida); state standards/local test (Oregon); and local standards/local test…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Administrative Problems, Community Attitudes
PDF pending restorationMizell, M. Hayes – 1979
This paper discusses two examples of federal agencies which administer laws fundamental to the protection and advancement of the educational interests of minority children: the Office for Civil Rights, and the Division of Education for the Disadvantaged. Provisions of these laws can be construed as protective standards which may provide the major…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Problems, Bureaucracy, Elementary Secondary Education
