Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ381236
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Standards of Competence: Propositions on the Nature of Testing Reforms.
Ellwein, Mary Catherine; And Others
Educational Researcher, v17 n8 p4-9 Nov 1988
Examines the nature of competency testing reforms through a multisite investigation of local school districts and states. Argues that competency tests and standards function more as symbolic and political gestures than as instrumental reforms. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Admission, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Politics of Education, Student Certification, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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