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Testing Basics: Battling the Windmills in the University System of Georgia.

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Crew, Louie – 1979

A faculty member in a predominately black institution in the University System of Georgia critiqued the basic skills examination used as a placement and exit examination for the remedial program. He found that the local committee that developed the test had not defined what "basic skills" are, set priorities, nor specified degrees of…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Remedial Programs

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