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Performance Gains in a Competency Test Program.

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Serow, Robert C.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982

A sample of 1,731 North Carolina high school students who initially failed the state Competency Test registered improvements on subsequent reexaminations. The gains were apparently stable and related more to in-school factors than to individual background characteristics. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education

Minimum Competency: The Setting of Educational Standards.

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Gallagher, James J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979

Educational researchers must rely on their informed judgments and assume responsibility in setting minimum competency standards to meet the public demand for quality education. There are both advantages and disadvantages of implementing, as well as not implementing, a minimum competency program. (MH)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Researchers