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Garber, Herbert – 1985
In 1984 an evaluation team examined the Maryland Functional Testing Program (MFTP), a statewide competency-based, criterion-referenced testing program that was instituted to limit awarding of high school diplomas to those students who had earned scores above cut scores on a series of achievement tests. This article examines the procedures the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools
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
