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Thurlow, Martha L.; Albus, Debra A.; Lazarus, Sheryl S. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2015
Graduation requirements and diploma options for students with disabilities who participate in the general assessment has been a topic of interest for many years. The recent push for all students, including those with disabilities, to leave school ready for college and career has heightened the importance of understanding what states are requiring…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements
Sturgis, Chris – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper is part of a series investigating the implementation of competency education. The purpose of the paper is to explore how districts and schools can redesign grading systems to best help students to excel in academics and to gain the skills that are needed to be successful in college, the community, and the workplace. In order to make the…
Descriptors: Grading, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Segel, David – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
In their constant groping toward achievement standards, the high schools of this country have developed what is known as "cooperative testing." This development is not recent. Cooperative testing dates back further than the standardized testing movement itself. For instance, it has been customary for about 50 years in New York and in…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, National Norms, Testing Programs, Academic Standards