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Setting Passing Scores on Competency Tests.
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Berk, Ronald A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Reviews a dozen basic questions about passing scores on state-mandated competency testing programs for students, teachers, administrators, and other education personnel. Condemns the "cardiac" approach (or traditonal 80 percent standard) in favor of procedures that systematically incorporate judgment with a variety of performance data.…
Descriptors: Scores, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation
The Consequences of High School Graduation Testing Programs.
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Airasian, Peter W. – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
Examines the new state-mandated high school graduation tests emerging in response to perceived declines in educational standards. Indicates general consequences for implementing these tests, including public perceptions based on a "box score" mentality. As competency measures, the tests have had little impact on pupils, teachers,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Graduation Requirements, Public Opinion, Remedial Instruction