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Legal Issues in Minimum Competency Testing. ERIC Digest.
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Princeton, NJ. – 1984
The rapid growth of minimum competency testing (by 1981, 36 states in the United States had mandated some form of minimum competency testing) has led to increased legal challenges of the existing testing programs. Three issues have been raised and are summarized in this brief overview: (1) constitutional claims under the due process clause; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems, Minimum Competency Testing, Testing Problems
Minimum Competency Testing and the Handicapped.
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Wildemuth, Barbara M. – 1983
This brief overview of minimum competency testing and disabled high school students discusses: the inclusion or exclusion of handicapped students in minimum competency testing programs; approaches to accommodating the individual needs of handicapped students; and legal issues. Surveys of states that have mandated minimum competency tests indicate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Legal Problems