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Implications of Minimum-Competency Testing for Minority Students.

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Down, 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