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Macchiarola, Frank J. – 1979
This document provides a brief review of the New York State Basic Competency Tests (BCT), Preliminary Competency Tests (PCT) and Regents Competency Tests (RCT), together with a summary of the results of the tests administered in New York City in Spring, 1979. Test requirements for 1979, 1980, and 1981 are outlined, as well as administrative…
Descriptors: English, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Mathematics
del Refugio Robledo, Maria; Cortez, Albert – Intercultural Development Research Association Newsletter, 1983
Although the results of minimum competency tests need to be interpreted with caution, data on the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS) for 1980-82 clearly indicate the inadequate results of remedial programs for minority students in Texas. Secondary analysis of the data shows that overall performance on exit level math and reading tests…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Blacks, Compensatory Education, Grade 9
Download full textPennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1985
Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh initiated an education reform package, "Turning the Tide: An Agenda for Excellence in Pennsylvania Public Schools" in October 1983. The statewide competency testing program which followed was "Testing for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills (TELLS), and it tested reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 8
