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Download full textSalinger, Terry S. – 1986
Since 1984, passing scores on the Preprofessional Skills Tests (PPST) have been required for entry into teacher education programs at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). College of education faculty, concerned because the majority of their population has traditionally been older, Hispanic students, developed a pre-PPST screening and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Groups, Preservice Teacher Education
Rachal, Janella; Hoffman, Lee McGraw – 1985
In the Louisiana Basic Skills Testing (BST) program, initiated in 1982, criterion-referenced tests of language arts and mathematics were administered to all second grade students. Longitudinal data over three years tracked four cohorts of students to address when retention appears to be most effective and whether a combination of repeated…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Grade Repetition, Longitudinal Studies
Belcher, Marcia – 1985
A study was conducted to assess the role of developmental work in preparing Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) students for the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). The study sample included all 808 MDCC students who took the CLAST in fall 1984 and had taken the Comparative Guidance and Placement Test (CGP) upon entering the college. Study…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Minimum Competency Testing, Program Effectiveness
Pechman, Ellen – 1982
Discussed are the procedures implemented in the Orleans Parish Schools in response to the Louisiana state-mandated promotional testing program (Act 750, 1979), and concerns regarding its value. Recent findings raise fundamental questions about whether an exclusively skills-focused curriculum in the early years provides the needed grounding in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Centralization, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Hess, Anne C.; Lockwood, Robert E. – 1986
The effect of a basic competency education program on the achievement of high, average, and low-achieving students was examined for the Alabama Basic Competency Education program (BCE). California Achievement Tests scores in reading, mathematics, and language were examined for 3 years prior to initiation of the BCE program and for 3 years…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Winters, Lynn – 1981
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Office of Program Evaluation and Research is responsible for providing information for program development and improvement; providing test information to special programs coordinators; and acting as a clearinghouse for all information concerning tests, evaluation methodology, and educational…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Southeastern Public Education Program, Columbia, SC. – 1982
In 1978, the South Carolina state legislature passed Act 631, resulting in the mandated Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) to improve the quality of instruction in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. This report is the documentation of a 1-year Southeastern Public Education Program project, the Basic Skills Assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1988
This document sets forth detailed curriculum objectives and an associated three-phase promotion testing program for grades 3, 6, and 8 for public schools in the state of North Carolina. The program was administered for the first time in 1986. The 1987 testing program began with administration of the California Achievement Tests (CAT). Students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Fremer, John – The Researcher, 1978
Issues associated with minimum competency testing are discussed: the national, state, and local context for MCT program development; MCT's potential impact; the use and development of MCT programs; and reactions to the testing programs. Presently, the federal role is described as limited to providing information, research support, and technical…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Winfield, Linda F. – 1987
The two exploratory studies presented in this research report used multilevel data obtained in the 1983-84 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) to investigate the relationship between minimum competency testing (MCT) programs and student reading proficiency. A "school effects" paradigm was used in Study 1 to assess the effect…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Community Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
Rachal, Janella – 1986
As part of Louisiana's minimum competency program, the Basic Skills Test (BST) was administered in grades 2 through 5. Student promotion rates in these grades between 1980 and 1985 were examined. Results showed that, in all four grades, the percentage of students retained to repeat the grade increased slightly. The BST was the main, but not the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Gorth, William Phillip; Perkins, Marcy R. – 1979
This resource document represents the integration of both practice and theory related to minimum competency testing (MCT), and is largely based on information collected in a nationwide survey of MCT programs. Chapter 1, To Implement or Not to Implement MCT, by Marcy R. Perkins, presents a definition of MCT and a discussion of the perceived…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competence, Diffusion, Elementary Secondary Education
Ogden, Jane – 1979
Mathematics achievement test scores of high school students in the Austin Independent School District who graduated before implementation of minimum competency testing were compared to the scores of students who were more recently enrolled in mathematics tutorial classes in order to meet minimum competency requirements. The percentages of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Trends, Graduation Requirements
Tyler, Ralph W.; And Others – 1978
The panel which conducted this study was invited by the Florida Teaching Profession--National Education Association (NEA) and the NEA to assess the educational soundness of implementation of the Florida Accountability Act. The panel felt that the overall purpose of the accountability program was praiseworthy, but that the minimum competency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills
Rachal, Janella – 1985
The longitudinal effects of Louisiana's Compensatory/Remedial Program upon student performance were assessed using data from four administrations of the Basic Skills Test (BST) between 1982 and 1985. Language arts and mathematics tests were administered in grades 2 through 5. Scores increased slightly between 1982 and 1984, and declined in 1985;…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
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