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Peer reviewedLovell, Ned B.; Riegle, Rodney P. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1980
This article presents 11 concrete policy guidelines to help school districts avoid some of the most common problems associated with the implementation of minimal competency testing. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Price, Lynn, Ed. – 1980
Guidelines are provided to assist New Jersey local school districts in improving and strengthening their graduation policies in accordance with the new law and regulations. Basic skills proficiency requirements have been enacted in Chapter 241, Laws of 1979. This law requires that students successfully pass tests in reading, writing and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing
Allen, Russell H.; Kaufman, B. Darwin – 1983
This bulletin has three purposes: (1) to discuss the variety of factors which should be considered in the development of a local testing program, providing a basic understanding of what is necessary to implement and maintain a testing program; (2) to suggest several of the significant elements related to the development and maintenance of a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Implementation
Blake, Robert W., Ed. – Impact on Instructional Improvement, 1979
The five articles in this journal issue are intended for use by school administrators, and provide information on how to organize effective programs for achieving student writing competency. The first article discusses the development of New York State's Preliminary and Regents Competency Tests in Writing, analyzes sample student responses to one…
Descriptors: Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Content
Green, Wanda Jean; Fleming, Margaret – 1983
To provide information for decision making related to competency testing in reading, the Cleveland School District developed a working paper for staff discussion. This paper presents information about the varied aspects of a competency testing program which will use locally developed test questions and be implemented in response to a Board of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Desegregation Plans, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textTexas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1977
California Assembly Bill 3408 requires school districts to adopt their own standards in basic skills, including reading comprehension, writing, and computation. Students must be tested at least once in grades 7-9 and twice in grades 10-11. After June, 1980, students who do not meet standards will not receive a high school diploma. Assembly Bill…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Compliance (Legal)
Hartman, Allan S.; And Others – 1979
To comply with official state regulations, public school districts in Massachusetts must establish minimum standards for reading, mathematics and writing by September 1980, and for listening and speaking by September 1981. The standards must apply to three grade levels: early elementary, late elementary, and secondary. Parents, teachers,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1978
This guide is designed for school principals who bear the responsibility for the successful administration of Virginia's Competency Program. Several aspects of the program are described: legislative background; graduation requirements concerning citizenship and qualifying for further education or work; tests used to assess reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Citizenship Education, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Pipho, Chris – 1980
This guide to legislation and state board of education policy on minimum competency testing is designed to explain the legal basis for minimum competency testing mandates in the various states. Specifically, it explores: the differences between board mandates and state legislation; details of the requirements--subject areas, grade promotion and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Citizen Participation, Educational Legislation
Assessing Basic Skills. Local Leader Guide IV. Locally-Directed Evaluation Handbook. Second Edition.
Wentling, Tim L.; Piland, William E. – 1982
This document, one of 12 guides that have been developed to facilitate evaluation by and for local education agency (LEA) personnel in Illinois, covers assessing basic skills through a set of activities for making professional decisions regarding remediation, individualized learning, and program and course improvements and for making status…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
