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Peer reviewedChandler, Harry N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
The author addresses the concern that many learning handicapped students are being denied diplomas because of minimum competency testing (MCT). The beginnings of the MCT trend are traced, faults with MCT are pointed out, and legal aspects of MCT are considered. (SW)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Learning Disabilities
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
Download full textAlgozzine, Bob; And Others – 1986
The study compared minimum competency test scores of approximately 1,000 learning disabled Florida tenth graders with those of regular class peers and surveyed 200 employers concerning the perceived importance of the competency test skills. Item performance, skill performance, and mastery scores on the State Student Assessment Test-II (SSAT-II)…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, High Schools, Interviews, Job Skills
Peer reviewedAlgozzine, Bob; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study analyzed communication performance of tenth grade learning disabled (LD) students (N=1,098) on the Florida State Student Assessment Test-II (a minimum competency test). LD students demonstrated better literal communication skills and poorer interpretive and written communication skills. Employers (N=240) also supported the importance of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Employer Attitudes, Expressive Language, Grade 10
Linn, Reid J.; And Others – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
An analysis of the performance of 3,355 high school learning-disabled students on the State Student Assessment Test (part of Florida's minimum competency testing program) revealed that large numbers performed poorly on basic skills assessments. Less than half demonstrated mastery on 16 of 34 communication skills tested. (JW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adolescents, Functional Literacy
Peer reviewedManset, Genevieve; Washburn, Sandra J. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2000
This article reviews the research related to minimum competency testing (MCT) as a requirement for high school graduation for students with learning disabilities. It examines whether inclusive MCT requirements lead to positive educational outcomes, raises issues of accommodations and alternative diplomas, possible increased dropout rates, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Equal Education
Peer reviewedHall, Julia; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
This study explored some factors associated with learning disabled high school students who passed the North Carolina Minimum Competency Test on the second administration. Factors examined include reading score on the first competency test, intelligence quotient, locus of control, mother's education, teacher support, student/teacher ratio, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Failure, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
ERIC 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
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1978
The results are reported of the North Carolina Competency Testing Program. The Senior High Assessment of Reading Performance (SHARP) and the Test of Performance in Computational Skills (TOPICS), modified for the North Carolina program, have been administered to eleventh-grade students in public, nonpublic, federal, and special schools. Both tests…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, High Schools
