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Direct linkPhelps, Richard P. – Online Submission, 2020
This review critiques the highly-praised and influential 2001 study, "Getting Tough? The Impact of High School Graduation Exams," which concluded that "minimum competency," or high school "graduation exams," had no effect on student achievement. The review compares the test classifications of "Getting…
Descriptors: High School Students, Exit Examinations, Academic Achievement, Minimum Competencies
Crew, Louie – 1979
A faculty member in a predominately black institution in the University System of Georgia critiqued the basic skills examination used as a placement and exit examination for the remedial program. He found that the local committee that developed the test had not defined what "basic skills" are, set priorities, nor specified degrees of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Remedial Programs
Klein, Gerald A. – 1983
The statewide implementation of the Georgia State Board of Education (GSBE) policy for high school graduation requirements was begun in September, 1980. It specifically stated that the GSBE would be responsible for assessing the basic skills, or learner skills, of students enrolled in public schools. It further stated that each local school system…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Daily Living Skills
McCarson, Carole S. – 1981
This paper: (1) reviews the development and implementation of a test designed to assess the competencies of public high school students in Atlanta, Georgia, preceding their graduation; and (2) presents the results of indicator cluster correlations between the new "Basic Skills Tests" and other reading and mathematics basal tests…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cluster Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
