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Download full textAlgozzine, Bob; And Others – 1986
The study compared minimum competency test scores of approximately 1,000 learning disabled Florida tenth graders with those of regular class peers and surveyed 200 employers concerning the perceived importance of the competency test skills. Item performance, skill performance, and mastery scores on the State Student Assessment Test-II (SSAT-II)…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, High Schools, Interviews, Job Skills
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
Kangas, Jon; Budros, Kathleen – 1992
A study was conducted at San Jose City College (SJCC) to identify and track 163 new students enrolled in Math 310 over a period of several semesters. Data on the students' competency and persistence rates were collected for fall 1990 and spring 1991, along with subsequent math class enrollments and success rates. Study findings included the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Mathematical Enrichment
Sworder, Steve – 1987
This study was designed to determine the level of support among Saddleback College (California) students and faculty for maintaining the current exclusivity of the Mathematics Department in certifying student competence in mathematics as required for the associate degree. The study also identified current practices used by California community…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The mathematics learning objectives contained in this volume and the measurement specifications are congruent with Texas law. These objectives are provided for teachers and test developers involved with the preparation of the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) tests. Beginning with the 1985-86 school year, the TEAMS tests will…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 7
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Sciences and Elementary Administration. – 1983
This document was prepared to assist teachers in Virginia in three ways: (1) by assessing student achievement on the competencies adopted by the State Board of Education; (2) by diagnosing student errors in mathematics; and (3) by prescribing instructional activities designed to promote student mastery of skills assessed in the competency program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith-Moore, Cathy; Bowden, Barbara – 1983
The Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE) was given to eleventh graders for the first time in October 1983. In April, 1983, an instructional validity survey was conducted concurrently with the piloting of the AHSGE to determine if seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth grade students were being taught the skills tested on the AHSGE.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, Language Arts, Mathematics Skills
Johnson, Carl I. – 1986
This booklet describes the test development process used to upgrade New Jersey's basic skills competency test, the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT). Ninth-grade students in New Jersey public schools must pass this test of reading, writing, and mathematics skills in order to receive a state endorsed high school diploma. Test development…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, High Schools
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. Div. of Education Services. – 1985
The Kansas Minimum Competency Tests (KMCT) were designed to provide information about student performance on selected minimum competencies in reading and mathematics. The KMCT were criterion referenced tests in which each item was keyed to a minimum competency objective; student performance was measured against a predetermined standard. The tests…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Brown, Janet R.; And Others – 1992
The Developmental Studies Department (DSD) at Rockland Community College (RCC), in Suffern, New York, provides courses and services to assist students lacking college-level skills in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, study skills, and English. An additional pilot project, the RCC/Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) has…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Developmental Studies Programs
