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Identifying ESL Students at Linguistic Risk on a State Minimal Competency Test.

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Brown, James Dean – TESOL Quarterly, 1992

Ninth grade students of limited English proficiency (SLEP) in Hawaii were studied to determine their characteristics on Hawaii Test of Essential Competencies (HSTEC), how they compare to norm on test, and degree to which performance on HSTEC can be predicted. Results indicate that SLEP students can be considered separate population within total…

Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, English (Second Language), Grade 9, High Risk Students

The Relationship Between Minimum Competency Testing Programs and Students' Reading Proficiency: Implications from the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress in Reading and Writing.

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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