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Peer reviewedPeck, Jacqueline K. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1999
Supports "The Ohio Literacy Initiative" (a document the Ohio Department of Education developed as a resource for districts interested in designing and implementing an effective, comprehensive literacy framework) as it calls for community efforts to help districts attain and support confident and articulate readers and writers. (NH)
Descriptors: Community Support, Elementary Education, Literacy, Minimum Competency Testing
Mentor Exempted Village School District, OH. – 1975
This program, begun in 1968 and included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves about 2,800 students in grades 10-12. A secondary reading skills chart was developed, behavioral objectives were written, and minimal-competency tests in both reading and sriting were prepared. During the school year, all skills listed on the chart are…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Developmental Reading, Listening Skills, Minimum Competency Testing
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1984
This booklet by a committee appointed to assess the teaching implications of the Reading and Writing tests of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is intended to provide ways of helping teachers assist students to improve their skills in reading and writing by, in part, pinpointing the major weaknesses of students taking…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, High Schools, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Gibbs, Vanita M., Comp.; Pabst, Robert L., Comp. – 1982
One of a series of publications on selected aspects of reading curriculum development, this monograph contains eight papers that deal with expectations in the teaching of reading. Topics covered include (1) the relationship between reading and writing, (2) changing expectations in education, (3) skills programs for remedial readers, (4) ways to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Learning Activities
McPherson, Elizabeth – 1977
If English teachers are an endangered species, as is sometimes said, they must attempt to survive by adapting to a changing environment and explaining their work to the public. Community college teachers should teach critical reading skills by starting with materials relevant to students' lives, should teach writing by stressing conceptual skills…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Educational Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. The test given to students in Grade 11 is an exit-level examination,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, English Instruction, Grade 11
