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Peer reviewedGreenberg, Karen L. – College Composition and Communication, 1982
Provides background information on the move toward competency testing in composition and the subsequent implications for college writing instructors. Examines problems inherent to developing a comptency based program at the college level and what composition teachers need to be aware of regarding such testing. (HTH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Teacher Role
Chew, Charles R. – 1981
Competency in the three skills areas of reading, writing, and mathematics is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of New York. The writing competency requirement consists of two tests: the Preliminary Competency Test in Writing, given to students in the eighth or ninth grade, and the Regents Competency Test in Writing, given to…
Descriptors: Competence, Evaluation Methods, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
