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Peer reviewedUrzillo, Robert L. – Contemporary Education, 1987
The popular educational reform trend toward competency testing is appropriate to measure achievement in the basic skills areas, but competency testing in core curriculum areas may cause teachers to teach for the test, lead to minimal standards at the expense of excellence, and stifle the transfer of learning and creativity. (CB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum, Educational Change
