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Peer reviewedAppelbaum, Mark I. – High School Journal, 1979
This article discusses some of the technical aspects of competency testing with attention to the psychometric and decision theory aspects, specifically, instrument validity, the establishment of cutting scores, and the cost-benefit analysis of program decisions. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cost Effectiveness, Cutting Scores, Decision Making
Download full textPechman, Ellen – 1982
Discussed are the procedures implemented in the Orleans Parish Schools in response to the Louisiana state-mandated promotional testing program (Act 750, 1979), and concerns regarding its value. Recent findings raise fundamental questions about whether an exclusively skills-focused curriculum in the early years provides the needed grounding in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Centralization, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
