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Peer reviewedCohen, S. Alan; Hyman, Joan S. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1991
This paper responds to an article that criticizes S. A. Cohen's position on the application of instructional alignment to teaching test wiseness. The value and ethics of using certain types of norm-referenced tests are criticized, based on data for the Missouri Mastery Achievement Test. (TJH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Mastery Tests, Norm Referenced Tests
Northwest Regional Education Lab., Portland, OR. Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing. – 1978
Seven prepared papers, with questions from the audience and answers by participants make up the proceedings of this conference on minimum competency testing. A number of conceptual and technical problems were raised, as well as questions about the effects of minimum competency testing on the curriculum and the psychological effects of the program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Conference Reports
Download full textSouthwest 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
American Friends Service Committee, Columbia, SC. Southeastern Public Education Program. – 1978
The first part of this report is a question-and-answer survey of minimum competency legislation, testing programs, and remedial programs. It includes the questions of both the educator and the lay person. Topics include: minimum competency tests, the debate over minimum competency programs, what happens after testing, and what citizens should look…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
