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Direct linkBishop, John H. – Education Next, 2004
Nations other than the U.S. elicit better performance from their students through the use of high-stakes graduation exams. Along these same lines, Michigan now links college scholarships to high school test results. Michigan has rejected the use of minimum-competency exams, largely because it wanted the state's high-school test to reflect more…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Test Results, College Attendance, Scholarships
Bishop, John H.; Mane, Ferran; Bishop, Michael; Moriarty, Joan Y. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2001
In this article, the authors looked at the effects of one old-style educational reform--higher course graduation requirements--and five standard-based reforms--(1) school report cards; (2) rewards for school improvement; (3) sanctions for failing schools; (4) minimum competency examinations; and (5) hybrid minimum competency exam…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Minimum Competency Testing
