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PDF pending restorationPeach, Larry; Reddick, Thomas – 1983
A questionnaire was developed to assess high school principals' attitudes regarding the Tennessee Proficiency Test. The questionnaires were distributed statewide to the 147 public high school principals; 121 principals responded. Questionnaire items dealt with issues such as policy statements, remedial activities, graduation requirements, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Educational Legislation, Graduation Requirements
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Office of the Chancellor for Community Colleges. – 1986
The result of a two-year effort by more than 150 community college faculty and staff members in Hawaii, this report presents task force recommendations for improving programs leading to the associate degree. The recommendations concern: (1) the maintenance of two associate degrees, an associate in arts and an associate in science; (2) the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Degree Requirements
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1986
This Technical Report provides descriptions and summary data that assist measurement specialists in assessing the procedures used in developing New Jersey's High School Proficiency Test (HSPT), the technical qualities of the tests, and the statewide results obtained from its use. The data summarized in this report were collected during the various…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Item Analysis
Kenny, Eleanore; Carlson, Katherine – 1982
The problem of underprepared high school students in Washington State who wish to go to college, some possible causes for academic decline, and potential solutions to the problem are considered. Evidence of deficiencies are cited as follows: a decline in students' college admission test scores over the past 17 years; results of minimum competency…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College Preparation
Byrne, Carolyn D. – 1979
In 1978 the New York State Board of Regents initiated action to establish statewide high school graduation standards for reading comprehension. The process began by measuring the readability levels of materials used in core courses and materials that adults normally read (newspapers, news magazines, and feature magazines). To do this,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Graduation Requirements
The Alabama High School Graduation Examination Experience: General Background and Practical Aspects.
Hess, Anne C. – 1985
Thorough planning is required before implementing an examination for a high school diploma. It was decided in 1977 that Alabama educators would establish minimum competencies for grades 3, 6, and 9. The competencies for grade 9 then became the skills to be assessed on the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE), first given to eleventh…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, High School Graduates
Miller, Barbara Soloth, Ed. – 1978
Summaries are presented of the problems and issues of minimum competency testing which were discussed at four regional conferences for political and educational practitioners. The Education Commission of the States sponsored the conferences, but took no official position of support or opposition. Section 1 compares the legislative, practitioner,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Attitudes, Competency Based Education
