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Direct linkPetchauer, Emery – New Educator, 2016
This article reports findings from a 3-year qualitative study exploring the experiences of African American preservice teachers as they prepared for the Praxis "basic skills" teacher-licensure exam, a gatekeeper to many teacher-education programs. Using the construct of self-efficacy, results illustrate how students assess their Praxis…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Teacher Certification
Austin, Dean A. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1978
The merit of minimum competency testing in a competency-based physical education course is examined by a physical education consultant. (JD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Individual Development, Mastery Tests
Crews, W. Bee – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1988
The study reviewed the performance of 300 educable mentally retarded 10th graders on the Florida State Student Assessment Test which evaluates specified minimum performance standards in basic academic skills. Retarded students scored lower and were less likely than other students to attain the required level of mastery prior to graduation.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, High Schools, Mastery Tests
Hintze, John M.; Christ, Theodore J.; Methe, Scott A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Curriculum-based assessment (CBA) measures have become a frequently used assessment tool of school psychologists to assess the academic performance functioning of students in the basic skill areas of reading, mathematics, spelling, and written expression. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the different approaches to CBA,…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Curriculum Based Assessment, Basic Skills, Observation
Peer reviewedMueller, Daniel J. – Teachers College Record, 1976
Educational strengths and limitations of the mastery learning instructional model in fulfilling the functions of instruction and student evaluation are examined. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Responsibility, Grading
Download full textEducational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1991
Among the 22 tests cited in this bibliography are end-of-course tests, tests of the American Chemical Society, and chemistry item banks. This document is one in a series of topical bibliographies from the Test Collection (TC) at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) containing descriptions of more than 18,000 tests and other measurement devices…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Chemistry
Garner, William T. – 1978
There is both less and more to mastery learning (ML) than meets the eye. Less because mastery learning is not based on a model of school learning, and more because it is the most optimistic statement we have about the power of education. The notions of setting achievement standards and letting time for completion vary, of using criterion…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Efficiency
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1990
Connecticut's Education Enhancement Act provides for a network of support and assessment programs that represent a comprehensive effort to attract and retain highly qualified teachers. The CONNCEPT program is regarded as the foundation piece of the Enhancement Act. The centerpiece of this program is the Connecticut Competency Examination For…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Education Majors, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNighswander, James K. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1977
The Springfield Project was developed to insure that students leaving the school system with a high school diploma have adequate mastery of basic skills. Describes the development of the project, a summary report on mathematics competencies as well as reading, language arts, and English competencies and evaluates the current status of the project.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedTirozzi, Gerald N.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985
Three statewide assessment programs in Connecticut developed in response to the State Board of Education's goals and objectives are described. These include: (1) the Connecticut Assessment of Educational Progress; (2) the Educational Evaluation and Remedial Assessment Program; and (3) the Connecticut Mastery Testing Program.
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFranzosa, Susan Douglas – Contemporary Education, 1984
This paper describes the philosophic assumptions underlying the movement towards minimum competency testing. Definitions of such concepts as scientific educational management, what is worth knowing, and the knower are explored. (DF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy
Lewy, Arieh – 1986
To assist low achieving students in the mastery of instructional objectives in major subject areas, the Ministry of Education of Israel published definitions of Minimum Achievement Requirements (MAR) for specific subjects at all grade levels. To examine the feasibility of the MAR approach and to determine whether it contributed to the attainment…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills
Harlan, Hugh A.; And Others – 1977
The Nebraska Assessment Battery of Essential Learning Skills (N-ABELS) is a goal-oriented instrument with an evaluation component providing a basis for determining acquisition of twelve skills defined as learning goals. Each goal is stated in terms of an acceptable performance standard which clearly describes what the student must do. The skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
NJEA Review, 1977
Examines the continuing controversy on test scores and student achievement in New Jersey. (RK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
Peer reviewedPort, Richard J. – Educational Perspectives, 1979
This study investigated the relationship between the achievement of tenth graders on the Hawaii State Test of Essential Competencies (HSTEC) and such variables as student socioeconomic status, family structure, ethnicity, previous educational experiences, types of schools attended, elementary grades, achievement test scores, and rate of…
Descriptors: Achievement, Basic Skills, Correlation, Family Characteristics
