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Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1988
Developed as part of the Arkansas Minimum Performance Testing Program (MPT), these item specifications relate to the third grade reading minimum performance test. There is one item specification for each instructional objective included in the MPT. Item specifications are intended to provide an overview of the general content and format of test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. Michigan Educational Assessment Program. – 1984
The packet includes a manual describing the Michigan Life Role Competencies (MLRC), a set of appropriate expectations for high school graduates, and an adapted version of those competencies for special education students. MLRC addresses four major areas in functional adult living: (1) employability and occupational skills; (2) personal and family…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Download full textGirrbach, Charmaine J.; Claus, Richard N. – 1982
The Board of Education of the School District of the City of Saginaw requested the Department of Evaluation Services to review the literature relative to competency testing, especially for the elementary grades. This review on competency testing programs and competency based education (CBE) covers several areas. The emphasis on educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Schenk, Susan J.; Welch, Frances C. – 1980
The controversy over minimum competency assessment has special implications for the handicapped, since federal law requires that handicapped students must be afforded equal educational opportunities. Problems will arise in establishing criteria of competence and in administering minimum competency programs for students with learning disabilities.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedUtz, Robert – Action in Teacher Education, 1981
An annotated bibliography concerning proficiency development in schools identifies sources which focus on the identification and development of basic skills. Topics explored include: (1) issues and definition in proficiency development; (2) assessing the state of proficiency development; and (3) instructional techniques and programs. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education
Cervero, Ronald M. – Adult Education, 1980
Researchers reanalyzed the original Adult Performance Level Test survey data for the test's validity and reliability, and they concluded that (1) the test is not content valid because it assumes that functional competence can be logically defined and adult success accurately measured; and (2) the test is a valid measure of verbal, writing, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Factor Analysis, Functional Literacy
Peer reviewedBacklund, Phil; And Others – Language Arts, 1980
Lists 15 criteria for evaluating the procedures to be used in the assessment of student listening and speaking skills. Prefaces the list with statements concerning predictability and the relationships among the language arts. (RL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Algozzine, 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
Orr, Arlene T.; Amos, Neil G. – 1987
A study was conducted to determine if significant attitudinal differences concerning evaluation by principals could be found between Mississippi's kindergarten teachers and other grade-level teachers immediately after administrators had evaluated teachers with the Mississippi Teacher Assessment Instruments (MTAI). Designed to assess minimum…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
Jaeger, Richard M. – 1982
The implicit definition of competence and the inferential chain that links the standard-setting process to the decision outcomes of the method are considered for two classes of standard-setting procedures: those involving data-free judgments of items and those involving data-based judgment of items. The major underlying assumptions of competence…
Descriptors: Competence, Evaluation Methods, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1978
Three members of the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association express their positions about minimum competency standards. Kenneth Goodman presents a humanitarian, idealistic view of the controversy and questions the effectiveness of legislative mandates. Roger Farr expresses concern that limitations of testing procedures might…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedReys, Robert E.; Kasten, Margaret B. – Mathematics Teacher, 1978
False premises upon which many legislated programs for minimal competency testing are based are identified and discussed. (JT)
Descriptors: Achievement, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Educational Philosophy
Fisk, Edward B. – Teacher, 1979
Minimum competencies are being imposed on the schools by state legislators frustrated by declining academic achievement. Teachers must not allow this movement to engender a "teaching for the test" mentality. They must work for a balanced curriculum, good remedial programs, and competency tests which provide real feedback for teaching. (SJL)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedRoss, Dorene D. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1980
A problem raised by teacher use of basic skills checklists is the possibility of focusing on listed skills to the exclusion of others, including necessary prerequisite skills. (JMF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Check Lists, Classroom Research, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedRamsey, Roberta S.; Algozzine, Bob – Exceptional Children, 1991
A survey of 46 states found that about half the states are using or studying special education teacher competency tests. The paper analyzes survey results by specific content areas being tested, including basic knowledge, identification and characteristics of special needs students, processing skills, assessment, learning theory, teaching…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level, Minimum Competencies
