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Stoker, W. M.; Tarrab, Miguel – 1984
All teacher education students in Texas must pass three minimum competency examinations to be admitted to a teacher education program. The Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) contains three separate tests in reading, mathematics, and writing. West Texas State University requires all entering freshmen to submit scores from the American College…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Higher Education
Kinzer, Charles K.; Stone, Ruth J. – 1982
Although minimum competency testing is increasingly popular, there is presently a paucity of information on teachers' and principals' use of and attitudes toward these testing programs. Therefore, a study examined the use and perceived impact of standardized reading tests in Puerto Rico and compared these results to the results of a similar study…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Mitchell, Katherine; And Others – 1981
Committees on Content Analysis and Correlation Studies were appointed by the Alabama State Superintendent of Education to provide information regarding the similarities and differences between the Californa Achievement Tests (CAT), Levels 13-C and 16-C, and the Alabama Basic Competency Tests (BCT), grade 3 and 6. The major purpose of these…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Download full textBelcher, Marcia J.; Downing, Sherry – 1990
A recent study of Dade County Public School (DCPS) graduates attending Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) revealed that 64% of those who graduated high school in 1989 had failed one or more of the basic skills sub-tests of the Florida Multiple Assessment Programs and Services test (FL-MAPS). Another study was conducted in 1989 to determine the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Preparation
