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| Editorials | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Information Dissemination | 1 |
| Minimum Competency Testing | 1 |
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| Teacher Responsibility | 1 |
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| Fox, Barbara J. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedFox, Barbara J. – Clearing House, 1980
Minimum competency testing seems here to stay. The challenge to teachers is to promote public realization that test performance cannot completely measure complex skills; that mandated basic skills instruction may be an oversimplification of the teaching/learning process; and that definitions of minimum competence constantly change. (SJL)
Descriptors: Competence, Editorials, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
