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Nelson, David; And Others – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Reviews the principal's role in instructional accountability, management systems, communications, remedial programs, teacher inservice programs, teacher recruitment, and testing. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making
Nations, Alfred – Tennessee Education, 1981
Discusses two reasons why the state of writing performance may worsen when, beginning in 1983, Tennessee high school students must pass a proficiency test as a condition for graduation; reasons are the objective nature of the test and the language performance objectives which the test proposes to measure. (NEC)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Functional Literacy, Grammar, Minimum Competency Testing

Layton, James R. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1981
There exists a controversy as to whether or not minimal competency testing in the area is a sound educational practice. A review of reading research in three areas, developmental reading, functional reading and recreational reading was conducted to provide data relevant to the controversy. (RD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, Literature Reviews, Minimum Competency Testing

Garner, C. William – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1981
Describes a group education plan for school districts and an individual education plan for the disadvantaged learner, as developed in New Jersey. Elements discussed include formulation of the group education plan and implementation of the individual education plan. (CT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Individualized Education Programs, Minimum Competency Testing
Shapiro, Joan P. – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1979
This article attempts to provide British educators, who face a similar trend, with a synthesis of some major developments in the Accountability in Education movement in the United States. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Trends
Popham, W. James – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Argues for the value of high-quality minimum competency testing (MCT) programs in efforts to restore honesty to public school promotion practices. Lists the seven characteristics of a good program and discusses the effects of MCT on students, on curriculum and teaching, and on public perceptions of schooling. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Graduation Requirements

Garcia, Cara L. – Reading Improvement, 1981
Discusses the following issues raised by competency-based education (CBE): (1) defining competency, (2) nonequivalent levels of competency, (3) monitoring student progress, (4) competency testing, (5) grouping for instruction, and (6) the legal implications of competency testing. Presents guidelines to reading teachers considering employment in a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies

Lovell, Ned B.; Riegle, Rodney P. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1980
This article presents 11 concrete policy guidelines to help school districts avoid some of the most common problems associated with the implementation of minimal competency testing. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines

Wilcox, Rand R. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1980
This paper discusses how certain recent technical advances might be extended to examine proficiency tests which are conceptualized as representing a variety of skills with one or more items per skill. In contrast to previous analyses, errors in the item level are included. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Mastery Tests, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Sampling

Weller, L. David – Clearing House, 1980
Suggests that behavioral objectives and minimum competency testing can be effective for monitoring elementary students' mastery of basic skills, but to carry this system into the upper grades and other subject areas risks stultifying learning and inhibiting the free atmosphere that complex thinking and social education require. (SJL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Problems, Educational Environment
Farr, Roger; Olshavsky, Jill Edwards – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Because the skills tested on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are higher order skills than those of basic literacy, teaching basic literacy will not necessarily improve SAT scores. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, which does test literacy, indicates that students do possess basic literacy skills. (IRT) Aspect of National…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy

Mott, Warren – Mathematics Teacher, 1980
The results of a school district's move to proficiency testing in mathematics are described and discussed. (MK)
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Minimum Competency Testing, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

Carter, David G. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
As more states adopt minimum competency testing (MCT) programs, MCT is becoming the subject of much debate among educators and in the courts. MCT has been attacked by those who claim it discriminates against Blacks and non-English-speaking minorities. Also raised in the MCT debate is the question of educational malpractice. (RLV)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Court Litigation, Educational Testing

Glass, Gene V. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
In this article, both the psychology behind minimum competency testing (MCT) and the statistics employed to determine the line between competence and incompetence are attacked. MCT is viewed as a crisis created to discredit teachers and schools and as a means of invasion of public education by state level bureaucrats and politicians. (RLV)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Centralization, Minimum Competency Testing

Brown, Frank – Education and Urban Society, 1979
The imposition of minimum competency testing in high schools must be seen in a social and political context. Since many minority students have received an inferior education, minimum competency tests may be seen as a means of preventing these students from receiving their high school diplomas. (Author/RLV)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Group Children, Opinions