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Phillips, S. E. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
Both legal and psychometric principles suggest that testing accommodations for mental disabilities require additional analyses beyond that previously provided for physical disabilities. Examines legal precedents and psychometric standards. Concentrates on testing-accommodation requests for mental disabilities and concerns about test validity. (173…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Competency Based Education, Disabilities, Due Process
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1981
More than thirty states, as well as numerous local school districts, have adopted some form of student minimum competency program. Such programs vary widely in their purposes which range all the way from instructional and curriculum planning to deciding whether students are promoted from grade to grade. Thus far, there has been little actual…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedManset, Genevieve; Washburn, Sandra J. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2000
This article reviews the research related to minimum competency testing (MCT) as a requirement for high school graduation for students with learning disabilities. It examines whether inclusive MCT requirements lead to positive educational outcomes, raises issues of accommodations and alternative diplomas, possible increased dropout rates, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedCitron, Christiane Hyde – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1982
Five legal principles (and cases establishing them) on the use of competency testing in student placement or for graduation are discussed. The principles address the constitutionality of appropriate use, adequate notice to students, prohibition of effects of past racial discrimination, graduation test validity, and requirements for handicapped…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Educational Legislation
Download full textKeefe, James W. – 1979
Interest in applied performance testing and concern about the quality of the high school diploma are finding a common ground: graduation requirements. A competency is a complex capability applicable in real life situations, and can be used as program objectives in a competency-based, criterion-referenced program. In such a program, applied…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Federal Legislation, Graduation Requirements
Ferqueron, Margaret – 1984
Many states have mandated two possibly far-reaching legislative reforms within secondary vocational education: minimum competency requirements and increased course requirements for graduation. Most legislated educational reforms include only selected aspects of competency-based systems, primarily the specification of and testing for minimum…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation, Employer Attitudes
