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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
Anderson, Scarvia B. – 1979
In a speech on minimum competency testing, the author discusses four issues which are still unresolved. The first is the need to recognize the political overtones which gave impetus to the competency movement as a reaction against the perceived failures of the schools and teacher education institutions, rather than as a concern for student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills
Download full textDown, A. Graham – 1979
Most of the arguments lodged against minimum competency testing are really observations about the abuses of testing. Blacks and other minority groups are understandably mistrustful of recent developments in minimum competency testing--possible grounds for legal challenges include the adequacy of the phase-in periods; the match between tests and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black Attitudes, Evaluation Needs, Graduation Requirements
