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Governance by Testing in New Jersey.
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Shine, William A.; Goldman, Norman – Educational Leadership, 1980
Contends that New Jersey's Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) tests in reading and mathematics waste time and money and should not be used by the state as the criteria to measure school and district performance. Low scores are the result of social conditions schools cannot correct by themselves. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
Testing in New Jersey: A Response to Shine and Goldman.
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Burke, Fred G. – Educational Leadership, 1980
The New Jersey Commissioner of Education replies that the Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) tests are not the sole criterion used to measure school and district performance and that some schools manage to teach well despite their students' low socioeconomic level. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics
How to Change What Matters.
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Brickell, Henry M. – Educational Leadership, 1980
Radical, but nevertheless serious, suggestions are made to change ineffective schools. (MLF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Educational Materials for Remedial Instruction.
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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Educational Media. – 1978
The bibliography lists approximately 150 educational materials designed for remedial instruction with secondary students working at levels below their grade placement and having difficulty in passing the state-required competency tests. Entries include information on title, author, publisher, date, price, difficulty and interest levels, and brief…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Media, Handicapped Children, Instructional Materials
The Basics in Speaking and Listening for High School Graduates: What Should be Assessed?
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And Others; Bassett, Ronald E. – Communication Education, 1978
Describes the work of the Speech Communication Association Task Force on Minimal Speaking and Listening Competencies for High School Graduates and provides recommended minimal speaking and listening competencies and implications for further curriculum development and research. (JMF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Communication Skills