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Garber, Herbert – 1985
In 1984 an evaluation team examined the Maryland Functional Testing Program (MFTP), a statewide competency-based, criterion-referenced testing program that was instituted to limit awarding of high school diplomas to those students who had earned scores above cut scores on a series of achievement tests. This article examines the procedures the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Kino, Mary M.; Roeber, Edward D. – 1990
A profile of state-wide educational assessment programs is constructed, and the means by which such programs have changed over time and may change in the future are discussed. Data for the study were taken from biennial surveys by the Association of State Assessment Programs, first conducted in 1977. This study covers data on time of survey…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
This technical report details the testing results and analyses supporting the evaluation findings related to the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) minimum competency graduation requirements. The graduation competency status of all AISD students in grades 8 to 12 are documented. The report provides additional information on the data…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Data Collection
Mills, Gladys H. – 1980
Focusing on state-mandated minimum competency testing programs, this annotated bibliography cites 200 items selected from more than 700. The Resource Catalog is intended for state education policy makers and therefore includes resource and study guides; legislative and board action; conference speeches, reports and proceedings; curriculum guides,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Hoffman, Lee McGraw – 1984
In 1984 the Louisiana State Superintendent of Education directed the Bureau of Evaluation to conduct a study of alternative testing strategies for the State, keeping in mind the possibility that retaining the current testing program was an alternative to be considered. The Bureau designed a study calling for the involvement of four distinct…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements

Turlington, Ralph D. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
Testing programs enacted by the state legislature are changing and improving Florida's educational system in five areas: (1) setting standards for students; (2) making schools more accountable; (3) creating growth through competiton; (4) evaluating educational programs; and (5) assuring the competency of educators. (BS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Competition
Schrader, William B., Ed. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1979
This conference was organized around four policy concerns: (1) the needs of handicapped, gifted, and bilingual students; (2) the use of test results to allocate federal compensatory education funds; (3) the validity of minimum competency testing; and (4) the demand for increasingly sophisticated evaluations. Garry L. McDaniels discussed the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Accountability, Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education