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Direct linkBoyle, Bill; Charles, Marie – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2011
The paper focuses on the auditing and accountancy paradigm that has dominated educational measurement of pupil performance for the last 20 years in England. The advocates of this minimum competency paradigm do not take account of the results of its dominance. These results include ignoring the heterogeneous complexity of groups within societies…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Models, Minimum Competency Testing, Young Children
Peer reviewedGrise, Philip J. – Special Services in the Schools, 1986
The article reviews minimum competency requirements for handicapped students in the 39 states which have set minimum standards indicating a range from total exclusion of handicapped students from the testing program to required participation with no modifications. It is suggested that separate minimum standards be defined for special education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedHagerty, Nancy; Prescott, Nancy – Clearing House, 1979
This satire about a school for animals lampoons the idea that students of varying abilities and talents can be fairly judged by a single set of proficiency standards developed by teachers. (SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Written by the Australian Education Council, this article outlines the purpose and the procedures for the Australian Studies in Student Performance program, a project to gather information on achievement in literacy and numeracy of a sample of 10 and 14 year olds. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSeymour, Dorothy Z. – Journal of Reading, 1979
Contends that the imposition of competence standards might compensate for the climate of permissiveness that allowed students to graduate from high school without having developed high school level skills in the basics. (DD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1985
Developed to provide Texas school districts with information about the scope of the spelling objective on the writing test of the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills, this list includes all spelling words eligible for testing at each specified level. The paper contains lists for students in grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and the exit level of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing
Peer reviewedGarcia, Cara L. – Reading Improvement, 1981
Discusses the following issues raised by competency-based education (CBE): (1) defining competency, (2) nonequivalent levels of competency, (3) monitoring student progress, (4) competency testing, (5) grouping for instruction, and (6) the legal implications of competency testing. Presents guidelines to reading teachers considering employment in a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
Download full textGirrbach, Charmaine J.; Claus, Richard N. – 1982
The Board of Education of the School District of the City of Saginaw requested the Department of Evaluation Services to review the literature relative to competency testing, especially for the elementary grades. This review on competency testing programs and competency based education (CBE) covers several areas. The emphasis on educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Schenk, Susan J.; Welch, Frances C. – 1980
The controversy over minimum competency assessment has special implications for the handicapped, since federal law requires that handicapped students must be afforded equal educational opportunities. Problems will arise in establishing criteria of competence and in administering minimum competency programs for students with learning disabilities.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedBacklund, Phil; And Others – Language Arts, 1980
Lists 15 criteria for evaluating the procedures to be used in the assessment of student listening and speaking skills. Prefaces the list with statements concerning predictability and the relationships among the language arts. (RL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1978
Three members of the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association express their positions about minimum competency standards. Kenneth Goodman presents a humanitarian, idealistic view of the controversy and questions the effectiveness of legislative mandates. Roger Farr expresses concern that limitations of testing procedures might…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedReys, Robert E.; Kasten, Margaret B. – Mathematics Teacher, 1978
False premises upon which many legislated programs for minimal competency testing are based are identified and discussed. (JT)
Descriptors: Achievement, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedRoss, Dorene D. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1980
A problem raised by teacher use of basic skills checklists is the possibility of focusing on listed skills to the exclusion of others, including necessary prerequisite skills. (JMF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Check Lists, Classroom Research, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedRamsey, Roberta S.; Algozzine, Bob – Exceptional Children, 1991
A survey of 46 states found that about half the states are using or studying special education teacher competency tests. The paper analyzes survey results by specific content areas being tested, including basic knowledge, identification and characteristics of special needs students, processing skills, assessment, learning theory, teaching…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level, Minimum Competencies
Sudlow, Robert E. – 1984
Essential to the definition of an effective school is an operational definition of minimum academic mastery as the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and concepts that enable the student to be demonstrably successful in the next grade level in the same school or in any other school in the United States. An effective schools program, such as the one…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
