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Educational Accountability: The Issue of Competency-Based Education. Informational Bulletin 77-IB-4.
Watchke, Gary A. – 1977
After a brief discussion of the issues prompting concern with competency-based education (CBE) and an explanation of what it is and why it is so popular, this document goes on to discuss action Wisconsin and other states have taken to implement CBE. Very brief accounts are given of the minimal competency-type programs implemented in Sparta,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, State Legislation
Spofford, Timothy – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1978
This article reviews the development of, and controversy behind, minimum competency testing at the state and national levels. (WI)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Educational Trends, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing
Clement, Annie – 1984
Competency testing often refers to a system devised to assure successful performance on a specific test, in addition to other mandated criteria as a requisite to obtaining a high school diploma. Minimum competency testing is usually defined in one of two ways: as the acquisition of basic skills or as the demonstrated ability to apply basic skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
Peer reviewedBowers, John J. – Theory into Practice, 1991
Examines factors contributing to increasing acceptance of and dependence on state and local educational testing. Factors examined include the accountability movement, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, National Assessment of Educational Progress, growth in statewide and local assessment, and minimum competency testing. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
Download full textCorbett, H. Dickson; Wilson, Bruce L. – 1987
The reactions of local educators (teachers, principals, and central office personnel) to the initiation of statewide mandatory minimum competency tests and the effects of implementing these testing programs were studied. Variations among school districts within two states were considered. Items from a survey of individual educators were combined…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Testing
Hartman, Allan S.; And Others – 1979
To comply with official state regulations, public school districts in Massachusetts must establish minimum standards for reading, mathematics and writing by September 1980, and for listening and speaking by September 1981. The standards must apply to three grade levels: early elementary, late elementary, and secondary. Parents, teachers,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Rudner, Lawrence M. – 1993
The requirement that home schooled students score at or above the 40th percentile on a nationally standardized test runs counter to several widely accepted principles of measurement. A single score should not be used alone in decision making, and there is no evidence that this is a valid use of the test. In addition, the 40th percentile is not an…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1978
A variety of viewpoints were represented in this symposium for chief state school officials and senior staff of state departments of education. Russell Vlaanderen, Education Commission of the States, opened with a national overview: "The Policy Implications of Minimum Competency Testing: The Case of the Standardized Student." Attorney…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Conference Reports
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1977
Minimim standards and basic skills assessment activities at the federal, state, and local school district level, as of September 1977, are summarized, indicating the broad range and variety that exists nationwide. Minimal competency testing is mandated by law in eleven states: California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
