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Peer reviewedWall, Roger – Science and Children, 1978
In a survey of 51 state science supervisors, 93 percent of the supervisors who replied said that state-wide minimum-competency testing did not assess science learning. (BB)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textHuynh, Huynh; Casteel, Jim – 1983
This report deals with ways to report basic skills test data which would facilitate the identification of student weaknesses. Under study are the technical aspects and methods associated with the reporting of objective-referenced data. An exploration is then made into the use of patterns of errors in responding to basic skills test items to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Research
Singer, Harry; Balow, Irving H. – 1987
California's 1980 proficiency law, which is the topic of this report, mandated that each school district was to adopt or construct tests and establish standards for assessing proficiency in reading, writing, and computation on tasks that were necessary to success in school and in life. In order to graduate from high school, a student must have…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Graduation Requirements
