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Download full textAustin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1984
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) requires that all graduates have skills in reading and mathematics equivalent to a ninth-grade level or above (based on scores on the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills). Of the 3,152 high school graduates in 1983-84, the percentage who met AISD's minimum competency requirement was 91 percent in reading,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Baenen, Nancy R.; And Others – 1981
During the spring of 1980, Texas tested all of its ninth graders for the first time as part of a legislatively-mandated competency program. This forced all Texas districts which already had established programs to decide whether to drop, modify, or retain them. The political, economic, and practical information which was important within the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment, Graduation Requirements
