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Download full textChudowsky, Naomi; Kober, Nancy; Gayler, Keith S.; Hamilton, Madlene – 2002
This report presents baseline findings from a 3-year study of state exit exams. The study involved data from all states with current or planned exit exams; case studies of five states; and research review. Researchers examined: why so many states are adopting high school exit exams, impacts of exit exams on students, what the exams are like, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements, High School Students
Pullin, Diana – Exceptional Education Quarterly: Special Issue on Special Education for Adolescents and Young Adults, 1980
The major issues addressed include the extent to which handicapped students should participate in or be exempt from the testing program, whether tests and scoring criteria should be adapted for individual handicapped students or categories of students, and whether differential diplomas should be awarded to handicapped students on the basis of test…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Competency Based Education, Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria
Blackall, Donna – 1991
When the state legislators of Illinois mandated a full-scale statewide assessment program in reading/language arts, the Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE) made its stand clear: that tests for Illinois students must be created, designed, and executed by Illinois English/language arts educators, and that a writing sample was an…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts, Minimum Competency Testing, Politics of Education
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
Chalupsky, Albert B.; And Others – 1981
Intended to assist those working in the field of occupational competency testing, this report summarizes major milestones in the history of competency measurement in vocational education and overviews the current state of the art. To provide an orientation to the environment that stimulated the current interest in occupational competency testing,…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Minimum Competency Testing
Herrington, Anne J. – 1979
A writing competency exam has been developed at a Vermont state college as a uniform method of judging attainment of a specified minimum standard for writing. The test was designed to meet four primary criteria: to judge student ability to create discourse, to yield specific evaluative information, to involve all academic divisions in test design…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Minimum Competency Testing
Smedman, M. Sarah – 1978
Competency testing in composition fixes goals that convey to students, teachers, parents, and the general public inaccurate notions about the nature of composition and what competency in writing comprises. The trend toward competency testing comes from the public's realization that many high school and college graduates are functionally…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Spofford, Timothy – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1978
This article reviews the development of, and controversy behind, minimum competency testing at the state and national levels. (WI)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Educational Trends, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing
Linn, Robert L. – 2000
Assessment and accountability have played prominent roles in many reform efforts during the past 50 years. This digest reviews features of assessment and accountability that influence the trustworthiness of information provided and impacts educational practices and student learning. It discusses reform based on assessment and accountability,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Change
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
Peer reviewedHale, Geoff – Economics, 1988
Offers the Southern Examining Group chief examiner's personal assessment of the successes and problems encountered during the first year of the British General Certification of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination. Discusses both coursework and the examination itself. Concludes that if administrative problems can be overcome, the GCSE will…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Change, Educational Testing, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLewis, Ann – British Journal of Special Education, 1996
This paper addresses issues concerning nationally prescribed tests and tasks in relation to the National Curriculum for England and Wales and the assessment of primary-age students with special educational needs. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Educational Researcher, 2000
Assessment and accountability have played prominent roles in many reform efforts during the past 50 years. Reviews features of assessment and accountability that influence the trustworthiness of information provided and impact educational practices and student learning. Discusses reform based on assessment and accountability, describes salient…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Change
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2001
Reviews features of assessment and accountability that influence the trustworthiness of information provided and impact educational practices and student learning. Discusses reform based on assessment and accountability, describes salient features in reform efforts, and makes suggestions for assessment and accountability systems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Change
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1998
The summary information in this report provides teachers, school administrators, and students with an overview of results from the June 1998 administration of the Social Studies 30 Diploma Examination given in Alberta, Canada. This information is most helpful when used in conjunction with the detailed school and jurisdiction report. The report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Content Area Writing, Foreign Countries
