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Peer reviewedMemory, David M. – Clearing House, 1983
Argues that content area teachers should assume the major responsibility for preparing students in the areas commonly assessed in minimum competency tests. Sets forth four problems in convincing content area teachers to assume this role and offers techniques for persuading them to do so. (FL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading
Peer reviewedNelson, David; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Reviews the principal's role in instructional accountability, management systems, communications, remedial programs, teacher inservice programs, teacher recruitment, and testing. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making
Peer reviewedShostak, Arthur B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Predicts that the availability of computers and demands for competency testing could drastically alter the character and uses of standardized testing by the end of the century. Warns administrators to begin preparing for the future in order to prevent misuse of the new computer capabilities. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Futures (of Society), High Schools
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1987
General guidelines for administering the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations for June 1987 in Alberta, Canada, include shipping dates of the tests, a schedule for returning examinations, securing test materials, and handling walk-in candidates. Additional information includes what to do about students who arrive late, violation of examination rules,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Examiners, Foreign Countries, Graduation Requirements
Olivero, James L. – 1979
This publication focuses on California Assembly Bill 3408, legislation mandating secondary schools to develop performance standards and performance tests for students. The paper analyzes progress made in implementing the legislation in California and outlines some of the barriers to successful implementation. The author explains several testing…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1982
In 1978 the state of New York established the Regents Competency Testing Program to ensure that all high school students would achieve a state standard of competency in reading, writing, and mathematics prior to graduation. That same year the Resource Allocation Plan was established to help schools in improving pupils' achievement in the basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Role
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Testing Programs. – 1989
This manual contains the general information on Regents Examinations, Regents Competency tests, occupational education proficiency examinations, and second language proficiency examinations, as well as the regulations and procedures for ordering, administering, and rating these examinations. The Regents Examinations are achievement tests based on…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Language Tests
Download full textIsrael, William I., Ed. – 1978
Collected in this volume are the papers presented at the 1978 Chief State School Officers Summer Institute. The program was devoted to political issues in education and focused on a number of current educational problems. Political issues were discussed in relation to a number of areas, including federal education priorities, federal-state…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Education
