Minimum Competency Testing and the Handicapped Student: Testing Skills, Not Abilities.

Ring, Barbara

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Publication Date: 1985

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Minimum Competency Testing and the Handicapped Student: Testing Skills, Not Abilities.

Ring, Barbara

NASSP Bulletin, v69 n483 p100-03 Oct 1985

Many school districts have adopted minimum competency tests as part of the requirements for high school diplomas. It is important that the needs of special education students are included when planning and implementing competency testing. Included are three levels of options to consider for modified testing of special students. (MD)

Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Administration, Individual Needs, Individualized Education Programs, Minimum Competency Testing, Secondary Education, Skill Analysis, Special Education, Student Rights, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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