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Peer reviewedLindsey, Jimmy D.; And Others – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1988
The study compared three word recognition abilities (analysis, phonics, and context analysis skills) with 75 elementary and 75 high school reading disabled students. The two groups had significant differences in their ability to use the three skills. Results have implications for minimum competency testing in reading. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textFrederiksen, Norman – 1994
Past research on the effects of Minimum Competency Tests (MCT) on teaching and learning is reviewed, and the large database of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is used to shed more light on these effects. There seems to be little doubt that MCT, together with associated changes in instructional methods, has produced some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Educational History
