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Splitt, David A. – Executive Educator, 1984
The New Jersey law permitting a period of silence in schools was struck down by a federal court judge who held that the law was intended to circumvent the proscription against government entanglement in religion. The New York Supreme Court has upheld the competency test for obtaining high school diplomas. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Meditation
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1999
This document is designed to assist classroom teachers in preparing students to successfully complete the Alabama High School Graduation Exam (AHSGE). It consists of activities that are correlated with the Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics, Bulletin 1997, No. 4, and Standards and Objectives (Reading Comprehension, Language, Mathematics, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Mathematics Activities
Sugar, William – 2001
Forest Grove High School (FGHS) is a suburban school in Oregon that implemented an extensive remediation program to increase the mathematics scores of its learners taking the state-mandated competency examination, the Oregon Statewide Assessment Test (OSAT). Learners who failed at least two of the mathematics sections of the 1998 OSAT, taken when…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Tests
DeMars, Christine – 2003
A competency test was developed to assess students skills in using electronic library resources. Because all students were required to pass the test, and had multiple opportunities to do so, multiple test forms were desired. Standards had been set on the original form, and minor differences in form difficulty needed to be taken into account.…
Descriptors: College Students, Electronic Libraries, Equated Scores, Higher Education
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Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 1983
Regulation and legislation make the role of the classroom teacher more bureaucratic. Legislators can contribute to the improvement of education by policy analysis and by making teacher salaries more competitive with the alternatives available to competent people. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Bureaucracy, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
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Ross, Dorene D. – Educational Forum, 1982
The trend toward competency-based education and competency testing is the work of legislators and politicians, not educators. Some of the latter express serious reservations about it. The minimum competency testing movement is a result of the effort to integrate minorities into the mainstream of society. (JOW)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Groups, Policy Formation
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Anderson, Lorin W.; Anderson, Jo Craig – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1981
Development of the mathematics functional literacy test (MFLT) is described, issues of predictive and content validity are discussed, and implications for educational policy are presented. Ten basic skill areas identified by the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics were used as the basis for the development of the MFLT. (RL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Policy, Functional Literacy, High Schools
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Lerner, Barbara – American Psychologist, 1981
Indicates that national statistics show declining numbers of unskilled jobs and large numbers of semiliterate and illiterate high school graduates; argues that minimum competency requirements can benefit both individuals and society. Observes that recent judicial decisions have usurped the right to set educational policy, which constitutionally…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Employment Potential, Functional Literacy, Government Role
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Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Concludes that valid reading tests are needed for adults and should be designed differently than tests for academic or school-related reading. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Job Performance, Minimum Competency Testing
Koeppel, Mary Sue – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1982
Self-assessment is one answer to the problems that arise when vocational placement tests are not used. Advantages of this system are (1) students obtain evaluation without the trauma of entrance examinations; (2) students are aware of needed competencies; and (3) students will seek courses to prepare them for success. (JOW)
Descriptors: College Admission, Evaluation Methods, Minimum Competency Testing, Postsecondary Education
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Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Argues that educators and researchers should become more active in making the decisions that affect education, such as minimum competency testing. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Minimum Competency Testing, News Media, Political Issues
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Jacob, Kay – English Journal, 1982
Satirizes the teaching of basic skills in isolation and the placing of test results above true learning. (RL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, English Curriculum, Futures (of Society)
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Shoemaker, Judith Sauls – Educational Horizons, 1979
The author outlines current federal interest in the competency testing movement, explaining the federal role as supportive, with no plans for a national test, but with concern for equal educational opportunity. Federal activities are described, including the new NIE Office of Testing, Assessment, and Evaluation. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Programs
Thurston, Paul; House, Ernest R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
The National Institute of Education's hearings on minimum competency testing sought to educate the public about both sides of the issue. This article summarizes the ground rules for the hearings and the five points of inquiry debated. (WD)
Descriptors: Ethnic Discrimination, Hearings, Instructional Improvement, Minimum Competency Testing
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Ganopole, Selina J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1980
The fundamental Reading Competencies Test assesses proficiency with respect to well-defined functional reading skills of high school students. Validity and reliability data for the test are presented. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Functional Reading, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
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