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The Costs of Legislated Minimum Competency Requirements
Anderson, Barry D.; Lesser, Philip – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Discusses the costs of developing, administering, and regulating state competency tests as well as of the compensatory programs that the tests will make necessary, and then suggests five ways of reducing these costs. (IRT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
The Costs of Legislated Minimal Competency Requirements. A background paper prepared for the Minimal Cometency Workshops sponsored by the Education Commission of the States and the National Institute of Education.
Anderson, Barry D. – 1977
Little is known about the costs of setting up and implementing legislated minimal competency testing (MCT). To estimate the financial obstacles which lie between the idea and its implementation, MCT requirements are viewed from two perspectives. The first, government regulation, views legislated minimal competency requirements as an attempt by the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness