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Current Trends in States' Graduation Policies.

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Serow, Robert C. – Integrated Education, 1983

Examines state high school graduation requirements from the perspectives of academic effectiveness and educational equity. Predicts that minimum competency testing, which is now widespread, will gradually be replaced by further increases in academic credit requirements. (KH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements

Performance Gains in a Competency Test Program.

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Serow, Robert C.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982

A sample of 1,731 North Carolina high school students who initially failed the state Competency Test registered improvements on subsequent reexaminations. The gains were apparently stable and related more to in-school factors than to individual background characteristics. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education