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Peer reviewedSerow, Robert C. – Urban Review, 1984
Reviews the results of minimum competency testing (MCT) programs in states using diploma denials as a sanction against MCT failure. Finds substantial discrepancies between the test performances of Black and White classmates. Proposes that competency testing emphasize the remedial rather than the punitive function of these programs. (KH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Graduation Requirements, High School Students
Download full textDown, A. Graham – 1979
Most of the arguments lodged against minimum competency testing are really observations about the abuses of testing. Blacks and other minority groups are understandably mistrustful of recent developments in minimum competency testing--possible grounds for legal challenges include the adequacy of the phase-in periods; the match between tests and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black Attitudes, Evaluation Needs, Graduation Requirements
