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ERIC Number: EJ308920
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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An Analogy for Reviewing Promotion/Retention and Minimum Competency Decisions.
Palardy, J. Michael
Education, v104 n4 p401-04 Sum 1984
This article identifies as problems both social promotion and minimum competency decisions. The author analyzes the need for attention to individual differences and proposes that educational excellence within a compulsory system can be achieved only when standards are adjusted in accordance with individual differences. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Individual Development, Minimum Competency Testing, Norms, Public Education, Quality Control, Social Promotion, Student Promotion
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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