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Garber, Herbert – 1985
In 1984 an evaluation team examined the Maryland Functional Testing Program (MFTP), a statewide competency-based, criterion-referenced testing program that was instituted to limit awarding of high school diplomas to those students who had earned scores above cut scores on a series of achievement tests. This article examines the procedures the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
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Ware, Susan A.; Morganti, Deena J. – Research Strategies, 1986
A competency-based evaluation (skills test, minimum competence standard, attitude survey) conducted to measure effectiveness of large scale basic library skills workbook program showed that workbook instruction made statistically significant improvement in test scores, but failed to raise more than 53% of students to a minimum-competence level.…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, Higher Education