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Download full textPolgar, Ellen – 1976
The California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) allows a 16-or-17 year old who passes it to leave school as early as age 16, with parental permission, earning the legal equivalent of a diploma. The exam focuses on basic reading and computing skills. In this study, a variety of findings are reported. School districts have a budgetary…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2001
This document contains an introduction to the Ohio Integrated Technical and Academic Competency (ITAC) and Specialization ITAC; an overview of the visual communications art profession; a list acknowledging professionals who helped develop the competency list; and the comprehensive list of the professional or occupational competencies deemed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Education, Commercial Art, Competence
Walz, Lynn; Thompson, Sandra; Thurlow, Martha; Spicuzza, Richard – 2000
This report focuses on the participation and performance of students with disabilities on the initial administration of Minnesota's Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs). The MCAs are criterion-referenced tests used for district accountability purposes and as tools for making decisions about curriculum and instruction. Assessments in mathematics and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accountability, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
Bostic, Jeff Q.; And Others – 1987
The public schools reform movement has led to a proliferation of minimum competency testing programs by states. At the 11th/12th grade level, the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), mandated by Texas House Bill 72, is an exit exam, divided into two sections which measure minimum competencies in math and language skills.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Early Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
Goertz, Margaret E. – 1986
This report presents detailed state-by-state descriptions of the range of state policies affected by the current education reform movement. It begins by presenting a typology of standards imposed by education decision-makers at the state, district and local level. This typology was used to identify, collect, and describe state-prescribed…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Archer, Edith L.; Dresden, Judith H. – 1986
Students failing to master minimum competency tests are categorized as dropouts in this description of the results of and remediation efforts for the statewide Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) Testing Program. TEAMS assesses minimum competency in basic skills at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11-12 exit level. The first…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Dropout Prevention
Tractenberg, Paul L.; Kahn, Laura – 1979
Legal issues of minimum competency testing derive from federal and state constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, and from common law. Constitutional provisions for equal protection, due process, and freedom of belief and privacy, are primarily federal; education provisions are state mandated. Only four court cases have directly…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discriminatory Legislation, Due Process
Frahm, Robert; Covington, Jimmie – 1979
An examination of the current status of minimum competency testing is presented in a series of short essays, which discuss case studies of individual school systems and state approaches. Sections are also included on the viewpoints of critics and supporters, teachers and teacher organizations, principals and students, and the federal government.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2001
This document contains an introduction to the Ohio Integrated Technical and Academic Competency (ITAC) and Specialization ITAC; and overview of the electronics field; an list acknowledging the professionals who helped develop the competency list; and the comprehensive listing of the professional or occupational competencies deemed essential for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Oriented Programs
Catterall, James S. – 1990
Since the mid-1970s, at least 20 states have instituted standardized tests that must be passed before students can receive a high school diploma. This paper draws on data collected in four states to explore some of the lasting effects of competency test legislation. Of particular interest is student awareness of these tests. A survey of 733…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Asian Americans, Black Students, Educational Change
Braungart-Bloom, Diane S. – 1986
This paper reports on the New Jersey State Department of Education's research process for developing a scoring rubric that assesses test objectives and higher order thinking skills through writing. New Jersey's statewide assessment program includes a written essay portion to test students' ability to write on a given topic and communicate an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Critical Thinking, Data Collection
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Regents. – 1983
This report outlines proposed revisions of state educational priorities and expectations for student performance and requirements for school compliance. The proposed Regents goals for students include skills and characteristics to be acquired, and the action plan focuses on aspects of the instructional program including required courses, content…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Michigan Commission on High Schools, Lansing. – 1983
On the basis of research reports, a survey of secondary school principals, a public opinion survey, state comparisons, public hearing testimony, and findings from high school visitations, the Michigan Commission on High Schools developed recommendations for improving seven aspects of secondary education in Michigan. First, the commission…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Lockwood, Robert E. – 1985
A technical advisory committee assisted the Alabama State Department of Education in establishing passing scores and equating test forms of the Alabama High School Graduation Examination (AHSGE). The committee examined four methods of setting cutting scores: (1) Jensen's theoretical method--probability theory is used to set standards that are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Equated Scores
Anderson, B. Harold; Brouillette, Mary DeMaio – 1985
A study examined the effects of increased academic requirements for graduation on secondary vocational enrollments in Colorado. After identifying 111 of the school districts in Colorado that have recently increased their graduation requirements (representing 61 percent of the 180 school districts in the State), researchers randomly selected five…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Education, Educational Demand
