Matthew Arnold and Minimal Competency Testing.

Tuman, Myron C.

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ERIC Number: EJ232714

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1979

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Matthew Arnold and Minimal Competency Testing.

Tuman, Myron C.

Journal of General Education, v31 n2 p122-28 Sum 1979

Presents arguments by Robert Lowe and Matthew Arnold on the 19th century British "Payment by Results" Plan, whereby schools received funds for students who passed minimal competency tests. Emphasizes that the Victorian experience produced acrimonious teachers with low morale and encourages contemporary minimal testing advocates not to repeat past mistakes. (CAM)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Teacher Morale

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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