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Beard, Jacob G. – 1986
During the last decade many school systems began to define minimum levels of competency for their students and to construct tests to measure whether students had achieved these minimums. Many states have passed laws which require high school students to pass minimum competency tests in order to graduate. This digest overviews four areas of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing
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
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1988
Two national surveys on graduation requirements and transition services for students with handicaps are briefly described. The first study, "State Graduation Policies and Program Practices Related to High School Special Education Programs" by Joanne Records Bodner et al., surveyed state special education directors or their designees in 50 states…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements
Coburn, Louisa – 1983
When a variety of groups became concerned with a perceived deficiency in public education in the 1970's, critical attention was successively focused on student accountability, the school curriculum, and teachers. This digest briefly reports on teacher competency testing. The 1980 Gallup Poll showed that 85% of citizens polled said teachers should…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Warren S.; Beard, Joseph W. – 1983
This review of literature from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is the second volume on the topic of testing and assessment for the counseling professional; the first volume was published in 1979. The sections on minimum competency tests identify issues of current interest, e.g., the basic issue of definition; the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment