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Direct linkWei, Ruth Chung; Pecheone, Raymond L.; Wilczak, Katherine L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, large-scale assessments have come to play a central role in federal and state education accountability systems. Teachers and parents have expressed a number of concerns about their state testing programs, such as too much time devoted to testing and the high-stakes use of testing for teacher evaluation.…
Descriptors: State Programs, Testing Programs, State Standards, Testing Problems
Porter, John W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Michigan's superintendent of public instruction is convinced that a state testing program can provide the kind of information educators need to improve instructional planning. (Author)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing, State Programs
Turlington, Ralph D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Compares the results of the first and second years of testing in the Florida minimum competency program to show that the program is working. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Descriptions, State Programs
Glass, Gene V. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
The items of the Florida minimal competency test have never been validated as measures of "survival skills," and the pass/fail standards were set mindlessly and capriciously. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Thurston, Paul; House, Ernest R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
The National Institute of Education's hearings on minimum competency testing sought to educate the public about both sides of the issue. This article summarizes the ground rules for the hearings and the five points of inquiry debated. (WD)
Descriptors: Ethnic Discrimination, Hearings, Instructional Improvement, Minimum Competency Testing
Sirotnik, Kenneth A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Argues for more responsible education accountability system. Builds on earlier work and presents alternative concepts that are more responsive to the purposes and functions of public schooling in a democratic society. Proposes ideas about good teaching and learning and the educational needs of students and their families, particularly in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Discusses apparent contradicting conclusions of two studies on the impact of policies aimed at raising the achievement of at-risk students. One study analyzed the impact of state minimum competency testing; the other analyzed students' reactions to the threat of grade retention if certain levels on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills were not achieved.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Dropout Rate, Educational Policy
