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How Do Adolescents Perform on a Statewide Minimum Competency Test?

Crews, W. Bee; And Others – Diagnostique, 1989

This study compared performance of 300 mildly handicapped and 300 nonhandicapped adolescents on the Florida State Student Assessment Test, Part II, a test measuring functional literacy in math and communication skills. Substantial differences indicate severe consequences for handicapped students forced to pass minimum competency tests to graduate…

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Functional Literacy, High Schools, Mathematics Skills

A Study to Determine the Impact of Basic Skills and Functional Literacy Requirements on Meeting the Vocational Needs of Secondary Students. Final Report, July 1, 1979-June 30, 1981.

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Thomas, Hollie B. – 1981

A study was conducted to assess the impact of the Florida State Student Assessment Test (FSSAT) (Functional Literacy Test) on the enrollment in secondary-level vocational education courses. The 67 school districts in Florida were grouped according to population density into three levels of urbanization (low, medium, and high). Ten percent of the…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Enrollment Influences, Functional Literacy