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Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha M. – Exceptional Children, 1980
The article addresses 10 questions that should receive thoughtful consideration prior to initiating a competency testing program for handicapped students. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Graduation Requirements, Legal Problems, Minimum Competency Testing
Hull, Marc E.; And Others – Education Unlimited, 1979
The author considers the implications of minimum competency requirements for handicapped students, teachers of the handicapped, and mainstreaming. (SBH)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Legal Problems, Mainstreaming, Minimum Competency Testing
Jones, Thomas N. – 1981
Chapter 6 of a book on school law attempts to identify and examine a few of the legal problems raised by minimum competency programs, which make successful performance on a standardized test a condition for receipt of a high school diploma. The three areas where minimum competency tests are most likely to be challenged are the equal protection and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Equal Protection, Graduation Requirements
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1981
More than thirty states, as well as numerous local school districts, have adopted some form of student minimum competency program. Such programs vary widely in their purposes which range all the way from instructional and curriculum planning to deciding whether students are promoted from grade to grade. Thus far, there has been little actual…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedLanford, Allyson D.; Cary, Lynn G. – Remedial and Special Education, 2000
Discussion of high school graduation requirements for students with disabilities focuses on legal and practical issues including graduation standards, minimum competency testing, and termination of services. Recommendations are offered to help school districts establish a process for graduating students with disabilities within the legal framework…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation
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
Bunda, Mary Anne – 1978
Three areas of concern for those considering competency-based graduation requirements are discussed. First, what is involved in implementing a competency-based graduation requirement? The first tasks are the specification of performance standards and the performance skill areas. Then, appropriate certification procedures can be selected, and their…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
