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Download full textGorth, William Phillip; Perkins, Marcy R. – 1979
This resource document represents the integration of both practice and theory related to minimum competency testing (MCT), and is largely based on information collected in a nationwide survey of MCT programs. Chapter 1, To Implement or Not to Implement MCT, by Marcy R. Perkins, presents a definition of MCT and a discussion of the perceived…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competence, Diffusion, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFox, Barbara J. – Clearing House, 1980
Minimum competency testing seems here to stay. The challenge to teachers is to promote public realization that test performance cannot completely measure complex skills; that mandated basic skills instruction may be an oversimplification of the teaching/learning process; and that definitions of minimum competence constantly change. (SJL)
Descriptors: Competence, Editorials, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Benz, Carolyn R. – 1984
In certain skills and attitudes, expected competencies of new teachers may be unreasonable in relation to both their college preparation and in terms of what they confront in their first classrooms as professionals. This study was undertaken, in part, to assess how first-year teachers may fare in relation to proposed competency testing models.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
Pechman, Ellen – 1982
Discussed are the procedures implemented in the Orleans Parish Schools in response to the Louisiana state-mandated promotional testing program (Act 750, 1979), and concerns regarding its value. Recent findings raise fundamental questions about whether an exclusively skills-focused curriculum in the early years provides the needed grounding in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Centralization, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Fremer, John – The Researcher, 1978
Issues associated with minimum competency testing are discussed: the national, state, and local context for MCT program development; MCT's potential impact; the use and development of MCT programs; and reactions to the testing programs. Presently, the federal role is described as limited to providing information, research support, and technical…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Tyler, Ralph W.; And Others – 1978
The panel which conducted this study was invited by the Florida Teaching Profession--National Education Association (NEA) and the NEA to assess the educational soundness of implementation of the Florida Accountability Act. The panel felt that the overall purpose of the accountability program was praiseworthy, but that the minimum competency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills
Larson, Gordon A.; And Others – 1981
Adult educators in the state of New Jersey have expressed concern about the adequacy of the 1978 General Educational Development (GED) test. Based on these concerns research was conducted in the use and applicability of the current GED test. The project investigated whether the existing GED test was meeting the needs of the large majority of GED…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs
