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Download full textWildemuth, Barbara M., Comp. – 1977
Due to the current legislative trend toward competency-based education, and the accompanying minimal competency testing, a variety of local school districts and state education agencies are concurrently developing programs to meet the standards set by their state's legislation. This selective bibliography was compiled in order to aid those…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Equivalency Tests
Mills, Gladys H. – 1980
Focusing on state-mandated minimum competency testing programs, this annotated bibliography cites 200 items selected from more than 700. The Resource Catalog is intended for state education policy makers and therefore includes resource and study guides; legislative and board action; conference speeches, reports and proceedings; curriculum guides,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
CEMREL, Inc., St. Louis, MO. – 1979
Approximately 100 items are included in this bibliography on competency based education and minimal competency testing. These items, which are arranged in alphabetical order, by title or author, include bibliographies, conference proceedings, monographs, position papers, journal articles, program descriptions, speeches, resource guides, and state…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Wise, Arthur E. – 1977
Minimal competency testing is the most recent evolution of the accountability movement and of the competency based education movement. It focuses on the basic academic skills of reading, writing, and arithemtic. It presumes the state will set educational objectives, and that the local school district will conduct its program so that the objectives…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Brown, Kenneth L.; And Others – 1979
The second of two related documents, this volume consists of four appendixes of data referred to in the first volume. Appendix A makes up the major portion of the report and contains abstracts and ratings of 71 test instruments categorized by skill area and educational level. Appendix B contains the results of the 1978-79 survey of the status of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bibliographies, Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills
Williams, Warren S.; Beard, Joseph W. – 1983
This review of literature from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is the second volume on the topic of testing and assessment for the counseling professional; the first volume was published in 1979. The sections on minimum competency tests identify issues of current interest, e.g., the basic issue of definition; the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Miller, Barbara Soloth, Ed. – 1978
Summaries are presented of the problems and issues of minimum competency testing which were discussed at four regional conferences for political and educational practitioners. The Education Commission of the States sponsored the conferences, but took no official position of support or opposition. Section 1 compares the legislative, practitioner,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Attitudes, Competency Based Education
Hawisher, Margaret F. – 1979
An annotated bibliography on minimum competency testing is arranged by subtopics: overview; basic skills; compensatory education; competencies; cost effectiveness; curriculum; district programs; graduation requirements; handicapped students; legal aspects; readiness; reading; writing; state programs; teacher education; tests; math; and testing.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education
Tractenberg, Paul L. – 1977
About half the states in the U.S., either by legislative or administrative action, have moved toward the imposition of statewide performance standards in their elementary and secondary schools. Typically these standards pertain to the basic skills--reading, mathematical computation, and written and oral expression. Almost all of these programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Minimim standards and basic skills assessment activities at the federal, state, and local school district level, as of September 1977, are summarized, indicating the broad range and variety that exists nationwide. Minimal competency testing is mandated by law in eleven states: California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
