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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
Resources and Outcomes of Minimum Competency Testing as Measures of Equality of Educational Opportunity.
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Serow, Robert C.; Davies, James J. – American Educational Research Journal, 1982
Equality of educational opportunity within Minimum Competency Testing is analyzed in terms of the distribution of outcomes, availability of remediation, and effectiveness of remediation for Blacks and Whites. (Author)
Descriptors: Black Students, Equal Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Outcomes of Education