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Download full textConnelly, Maureen, Comp.; Casserly, Michael, Comp. – 1979
This report represents the first attempt by the Council of the Great City Schools to assess the states of minimal competency testing in its twenty-eight member cities. This report does not focus on the results of the tests, but on the general characteristics of each competency testing program. Few cities use the same tests or collaborate in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Persons
Peer reviewedSebatane, E. Molapi – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1985
Testing practices in Lesotho are described. The Primary School Leaving Examinations are administered on a national level. The Junior Certificate Examinations, developed by subject committees, determine eligibility for the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate. Vocational and technical educational programs are also evaluated. Continuous student…
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedSpritzler, John – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2000
Public school students, parents, and teachers are protesting "high stakes" standardized tests that bar many deserving students from promotion or graduation. A typical high stakes test is a state-mandated 10th-grade test that students must pass to graduate high school. They are called high stakes because a student's entire high school career rides…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, High Stakes Tests
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1989
Results of the Diploma Examinations Program conducted by Alberta Education during June 1989 are provided. This report is designed to assist policymakers and educators in reviewing the effectiveness of their programs and in reinforcing instructional successes previously achieved. The grade 12 program is intended to develop and maintain excellence…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduation Requirements
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
The Grade 12 Diploma Examination Program, an integral part of high school diploma requirements, is intended to develop and maintain excellence in educational standards through certification of academic achievement. It consists of course-specific examinations that are based on the prescribed Program of Studies for Senior High Schools for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, English
Hoffman, Lee McGraw – 1984
In 1984 the Louisiana State Superintendent of Education directed the Bureau of Evaluation to conduct a study of alternative testing strategies for the State, keeping in mind the possibility that retaining the current testing program was an alternative to be considered. The Bureau designed a study calling for the involvement of four distinct…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Weil, Kathryn – 1986
The New Mexico High School Proficiency Examination (NMHSPE) assesses the extent to which New Mexico students have mastered the skills and knowledge specified on the New Mexico Basic Skills Plan. The test includes an objective portion and a writing assessment. A student passing both sections receives a diploma endorsement from the State Department…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Grade 10, Grade 11
Polydorides, Georgia – 1983
This study compared the different modes of evaluation at work in Greece's secondary school graduation and university admission process. The goals of the study were (1) to provide background information regarding the contribution of in-school assessment scores and external examination scores to higher education admissions decisions, and (2) to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Essay Tests
McCarson, Carole S.; Sweigert, Ray L., Jr. – 1983
The Georgia State Department of Education administers criterion-referenced tests to all fourth-, eighth-, and tenth-grade students enrolled in public schools throughout Georgia. The testing program was initiated in the spring of 1976 with the administration of criterion-referenced tests in reading, mathematics, and career development to students…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
This paper outlines some initiatives taken to change and improve senior high school programs and diploma requirements in Alberta, Canada, as originally stated in the June 1985 policy statement, "Secondary Education in Alberta." It is intended to assist educational groups planning to revise a senior high school program. It also presents…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Klein, Gerald A. – 1983
The statewide implementation of the Georgia State Board of Education (GSBE) policy for high school graduation requirements was begun in September, 1980. It specifically stated that the GSBE would be responsible for assessing the basic skills, or learner skills, of students enrolled in public schools. It further stated that each local school system…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Daily Living Skills
Hills, John R.; King, F. J. – 1978
The 1977 edition of the Florida Functional Literacy Test is a 117-item multiple-choice measure of 13 mathematics and 11 communication skills required for minimal acceptable performance for students to graduate from state high schools. A student must pass at least half of the skills in mathematics and communications and get 70 percent of the items…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Functional Literacy, Graduation Requirements
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
The New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) consists of reading, writing, and mathematics sections and must be passed as one of the requirements for a high school diploma. This report includes a series of tables summarizing grade 10 test results statewide for April 11-13, 1989. The results for 6,352 10th graders are given separately for…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, High Schools
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
Results for grade 11 are presented for the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) administered on April 11-13, 1989. The HSPT is a requirement for a New Jersey high school diploma. Data are provided for 3,018 11th graders who took the HSPT for the first time or who did not pass one or more parts when they first took the test in grade 9.…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, High Schools
