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Download full textEinspruch, Eric – 1988
During the fall 1986 administration of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), 980 Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) students took the exam for the first time. Of this group, 71.6% passed, and 28.4% failed one or more CLAST subtests. A study was conducted of the group of students who were required to retake one or more subtests in order…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Failure, Followup Studies
Losak, John; Einspruch, Eric – 1988
Proposed 1989 standards will raise the passing score on the College Level Academic Skills Test from 275 to 295 in computation, from 270 to 295 in reading and writing, and from 4 to 5 on the essay test. A study was conducted at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to examine the impact of these proposed standards on the passing rates of students…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Colleges, Cutting Scores, Failure
Naugle, Helen; McGuire, Peter – 1978
Georgia Institute of Technology has created a preparatory workshop that avoids focusing composition courses on the state competency exam while helping its students pass the exam. In checking the exams of students who had failed, three problems appeared: lack of motivation, lack of awareness of the standards for grading the exam, and an inability…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Failure, Higher Education
Wise, Arthur E. – Cross Reference: A Journal of Public Policy and Multicultural Education, 1978
While minimum competency testing may cause education to become less pluralistic, its effect will weigh most heavily upon those who fail to pass the tests. Because such testing does nothing to improve teaching or learning, one result will be to hold the student responsible for the educational system's failure. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Direct linkCheng, Liying; Klinger, Don A.; Zheng, Ying – Language Testing, 2007
Results from the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) indicate that English as a Second Language (ESL) and English Literacy Development (ELD) students have comparatively low success and high deferral rates. This study examined the 2002 and 2003 OSSLT test performances of ESL/ELD and non-ESL/ELD students in order to identify and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Literacy
Peer reviewedHall, Julia; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
This study explored some factors associated with learning disabled high school students who passed the North Carolina Minimum Competency Test on the second administration. Factors examined include reading score on the first competency test, intelligence quotient, locus of control, mother's education, teacher support, student/teacher ratio, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Failure, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
