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Download full textAustin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1984
This report presents Austin Independent School District 1984 test results on the Texas Assessment of Basics Skills (TABS). It was administered to all third, fifth and ninth grade students and to high school students not meeting ninth grade state-set mastery criteria, the minimum competency requirement for graduation. Results are presented as…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Baenen, Nancy R.; And Others – 1981
During the spring of 1980, Texas tested all of its ninth graders for the first time as part of a legislatively-mandated competency program. This forced all Texas districts which already had established programs to decide whether to drop, modify, or retain them. The political, economic, and practical information which was important within the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment, Graduation Requirements
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1987
This report consists of data tables summarizing test results statewide for students in grades 11 and 12 who took the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) test in March, 1987. The MBS assesses minimum skills in reading and mathematics. It is used as the graduation test for students who entered ninth grade prior to September 1985 and have not yet…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Mathematics Tests
Marion, L. Marvin – 1979
An historical sketch of minimum competency testing programs and issues is presented. Among the state and local programs briefly described are: 1960, Denver Public Schools, CO; 1976, Richmond Public Schools, VA; 1977, Kern Union High School, CA; 1977, Berea High School, OH; 1977, Westside High School, NE; 1973, Oregon; 1975, California (High School…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing
Clark, Jill; And Others – 1989
Wisconsin has a local options competency-testing policy for public schools: participating districts receive state assistance, but are subject to regulations on test development and use. This paper examines influences on school district program adoption, focusing on local support for any testing program and superintendents' attitudes toward state…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Innovation
Defino, Maria E. – 1985
This report presents the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's 1985 test results on the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS). It was administered to all third, fifth, and ninth grade students and to high school students not meeting ninth grade state-set mastery criteria, the minimum competency requirement for graduation. Results are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
Brunton, Max L. – 1982
Parkrose (Oregon) School District 3 became involved in standards of competence in 1978 when the Oregon State Board of Education adopted standards requiring high school students to demonstrate competency skills to graduate. The California Achievement Test has been administered to Parkrose tenth graders each fall since 1974 when students scored…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Grade 10, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1981
This handbook was designed as a referenced guide to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) testing program. Many year-round schools have been created in the district. This has necessitated adjustments in the testing schedule so that all LAUSD students are tested in the same time frame in their educational programs. The handbook was…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHall, Bruce W.; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1985
Beginning teachers in Florida were surveyed as to the weight they assigned to the results of teacher-made tests, district-wide standardized tests, and statewide minimum competency assessment tests in making major educational decisions. The results suggested that greatest weight was placed on the statewide assessment tests. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Linde, James L.; Olsen, Kenneth R. – 1980
Current minimum competency testing (MCT) practices noted in the literature through Fall, 1979 are reviewed, and guidance for establishing suitable programs for handicapped students is provided. The provisions of The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are analyzed in terms…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Ferrara, Steven; And Others – 1988
A study was undertaken to describe assessment activities of four school districts in Maryland (Washington, Cecil, Montgomery, and Charles Counties) designed to parallel a state-mandated competency-testing program required for high school graduation and to report uses of scores and positive and negative impacts from assessment activities. The…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Graduation Requirements
McDaniel, Patrick L. – 1983
According to the New Mexico Basic Skills Plan, students' attainment of basic skills is assessed by the objective and writing appraisal portions of the New Mexico High School Proficiency Examination (NMHSPE). This report to the New Mexico State Department of Education compiles and analyzes data on diploma endorsements (gold seals) for 1983…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Certificates, Graduation Requirements
Ortiz-Franco, Luis – 1979
Discussed and compared are mathematics competencies as prescribed in grades 1-6 for seven state and local school districts utilizing the descriptive method characteristic of the Competency Based Education (CBE) movement. General comments on the historical background of the minimum competency trend and its distinguishing characteristics in various…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Hillison, John; Finch, Curtis – 1979
This report presents four presentations made at a workshop which was held in Richmond, Virginia, to assist teacher educators to better prepare vocational teachers for competency-based instruction. The first presentation, "The Promise of Competency-Based Vocational Education," summarizes the contemporary curricular movement toward…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Minimum Competency Testing
Wilson, Bruce L.; Corbett, H. Dickson – 1991
Effects of assessment on curriculum and instruction were studied in an investigation that considered local educators' reactions to statewide minimum competency testing, the instructional effects of implementing these tests, and variations within each state. The two states examined were Pennsylvania, a low-stakes situation with relatively minor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
