Maximizing Minimal Expectations or Schooling for Hard Times.

Franzosa, Susan Douglas

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Publication Date: 1984

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Maximizing Minimal Expectations or Schooling for Hard Times.

Franzosa, Susan Douglas

Contemporary Education, v55 n3 p167-72 Spr 1984

This paper describes the philosophic assumptions underlying the movement towards minimum competency testing. Definitions of such concepts as scientific educational management, what is worth knowing, and the knower are explored. (DF)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy, Evaluation Criteria, Mastery Tests, Minimum Competency Testing, School Role, Standardized Tests

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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