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Peer reviewedAlgozzine, Bob; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1987
The mathematics performance of 1,098 learning disabled (LD) Florida tenth graders on the Florida State Assessment Test-II was evaluated. LD students tended to perform better on skills requiring literal use of numbers and worse on skills requiring application of mathematical knowledge. Employers' ratings supported the importance of skills tested.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Employer Attitudes, Grade 10, High Schools
Peer reviewedMick, Lori Bell – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1989
Explored the overall performance of 36 learning disabled (LD) and 40 educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students both before and after modifying the minimum competency test (MCT). Administered the Instructional Objectives Exchange Basic Skill Test: Reading, secondary level to secondary school special education students. Results indicated that LD…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Learning Disabilities, Mild Mental Retardation
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
Bob Algozzine et al. studied Florida's minimum competency testing as a requirement for high school graduation and wrote a report titled "Analysis of Basic Skill Competencies of Learning Disabled Adolescents," from which this one-page summary was prepared. The study sample included 938 regular class students and 1,098 learning-disabled…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis
McKinney, James D.; And Others – 1980
Factors influencing the performance of handicapped students on the North Carolina Minimum Competency Test (Fall, 1978 administration) were analyzed. Educably mentally handicapped (EMH) and learning disabled (LD) students represented 83% of the 3,043 handicapped students who took the Fall, 1978 test. A questionnaire was designed to collect the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cutting Scores, Disabilities, Graduation Requirements
