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Nazzaro, Jean N. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979
The text of a conversation with a Florida special education administrator explores such aspects as the skills that are being tested, how standards were derived, the effects of testing on curricula, special diplomas, and the improvement in scores noted in the second year of the testing. (DLS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Disabilities
Download full textAlgozzine, Bob; And Others – 1986
The study compared minimum competency test scores of approximately 1,000 learning disabled Florida tenth graders with those of regular class peers and surveyed 200 employers concerning the perceived importance of the competency test skills. Item performance, skill performance, and mastery scores on the State Student Assessment Test-II (SSAT-II)…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, High Schools, Interviews, Job Skills
