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College-Level Testing in Florida.

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Blee, Myron R. – Innovative Higher Education, 1986

The faculties of the postsecondary institutions in Florida, using the authority of the State Board of Education, have implemented a testing program that increases the assurance that all students who complete their sophomore year in college have achieved the communication and computation skills expected of them. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Students, Communication Skills, Higher Education

A Preliminary Report on the Basic Skills Test.

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McCarson, Carole S. – 1981

This paper: (1) reviews the development and implementation of a test designed to assess the competencies of public high school students in Atlanta, Georgia, preceding their graduation; and (2) presents the results of indicator cluster correlations between the new "Basic Skills Tests" and other reading and mathematics basal tests…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cluster Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements