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Peer reviewedDittmer, Allan E. – English Journal, 1980
Expresses the serious problems inherent in minimum competency testing, particularly as it is used in assessing student writing ability. (RL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Negative Attitudes
Bratton, Samuel E., Jr. – Tennessee Education, 1981
Raises philosophical and technical questions about the Tennessee minimum competency testing program, including: what subject and skills are basic; who determines what competencies are minimal; what should be the consequences of failure; who is responsible for remediation of failing students; do or should skills being taught match skills being…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Secondary Education
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
Download full textHaney, Walt; Madaus, George – 1978
The enthusiasm for competency testing poses a contradiction, for it comes at a time when questions and criticisms are being increasingly raised about tests and their use. In three sections, this paper explores the competency testing movement: 1) main features and basic issues in the competency testing movements; 2) observations on the politics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Quality
Bracey, Gerald W. – 1982
The essential meaninglessness of the phrase "Minimum Competency" is discussed and it is placed in the larger context of "The Basics." It is argued that "The Basics" as taught in preparation for minimum competency tests (MCT) are not basic either in the sense of being essential skills or enabling skills. Using research findings and common sense,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedWatkins, Richard W. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1988
This response to a previous article concerning the use of the CBEST considers the importance of periodic review of testing and scoring procedures, the uses and improvement of these procedures, and the search for alternatives which better suit the intended purposes. (CB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Minimum Competency Testing, Test Selection, Test Use
Peer reviewedFrary, Robert B. – Educational Horizons, 1979
The author asserts that coverage of educational measurement issues in the popular press and in nontechnical education journals rarely reflects the concerns of measurement specialists. He presents the measurement issues surrounding minimum-competency testing and suggests that specialists work to make these known to the public. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Information Dissemination, Mass Media, Minimum Competency Testing
Keefe, James W. – 1979
Interest in applied performance testing and concern about the quality of the high school diploma are finding a common ground: graduation requirements. A competency is a complex capability applicable in real life situations, and can be used as program objectives in a competency-based, criterion-referenced program. In such a program, applied…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Federal Legislation, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedStronge, James H. – Clearing House, 1984
Discusses the arguments for and against minimum competency testing, noting that the same issues are used to support both positions. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Test Validity
Fensham, Peter J. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
The problems inherent to standardized minimum competency testing are discussed. (HTH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha M. – Exceptional Children, 1980
The article addresses 10 questions that should receive thoughtful consideration prior to initiating a competency testing program for handicapped students. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Graduation Requirements, Legal Problems, Minimum Competency Testing
Carter, David G., Sr. – 1981
Competency testing legislation is the result of citizen pressure and lacks the benefit of careful deliberation by professionals. Hastily passed legislation has forced state departments of education and school districts to accept their duty to implement competency testing programs without the appropriate resources. Many of the basic problems of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Barbara Jordan served as the hearing officer for three-day adversary evaluation hearings about the pros and cons of minimum competency testing (MCT). This report is the complete transcript of the first day of proceedings. James Popham and George Madaus presented the opening arguments for the pro team and con team, respectively. Michael Scriven,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings, Minimum Competency Testing, Test Bias
Mid-Atlantic Teacher Corps Network, Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
The conference's keynote address is presented by Bernard C. Watson. Papers include: Vantage from the State Department of Education, by Robert G. Scanlon (Pennsylvania); Minimum Competency: As the Public Sees the Question, by Jacqueline Grennan Wexler; Minimum Competency Testing (MCT): A Tripartite Response from the Profession, by W. James Popham;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Community Attitudes, Educational Policy
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
Barbara Jordan served as the hearing officer for three-day adversary evaluation hearings about the pros and cons of minimum competency testing (MCT). This report is the complete transcript of the third day of proceedings. The pro team testimony, led by James Popham, began with William Raspberry, who presented his view of the likely impact of MCT.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings, Hispanic Americans
