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Remediation in Miminum Competency Testing.

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Archambault, Francis X., Jr. – Education and Urban Society, 1979

One problem raised by minimum competency testing is the search for effective means of remediating the learning problems of students failing the competency exams. Local school districts must rely on currently existing programs, particularly ESEA Title I programs, which have been shown to have had a limited impact on student progress in the past.…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Finance, Minimum Competency Testing

A New Kind of Dropout: The Effect of Minimum Competency Testing on High School Graduation in Texas.

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Archer, Edith L.; Dresden, Judith H. – Education and Urban Society, 1987

Describes statewide results on minimum competency testing (MCT) programs newly implemented in Texas, and discusses initial efforts to predict the impact of a specific statewide MCT program on retention and graduation in Houston. Suggests that the new MCT requirements, by discouraging high risk students who previously might have stayed in school,…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Graduation Requirements, High Risk Students