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In Response to Gene Glass

Fremer, John – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978

Replies to the immediately preceding article. (IRT)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing

Seven Key Notes on Minimum Competency Testing

Brickell, Henry M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978

There is a great deal to think about in a minimum competency program: What competencies? How to measure? When to measure? One minimum or many? How high the minimum? Minimums for students or for schools? What to do with the incompetent? (Author/IRT)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests

Minimum Competence and Incompetence in Florida

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

Florida's Approach to Competency Testing

Fisher, Thomas H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements