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Back to Basics: Minimum Competency Testing and Its Impact on Minorities.
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Paulson, Darryl; Ball, Doris – Urban Education, 1984
Discusses trend toward minimum competency tests (MCTs) as a requirement for receiving high school graduation. Summarizes criticisms of such testing, and discusses Florida's experience with the MCT, especially in relation to minorities. Concludes that the use of MCTs is potentially discriminatory. (CJM)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Black Students, Competency Based Education, Educational Philosophy
The Irish Experience in Competency Testing: Implications for American Education.
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Madaus, George F; Greaney, Vincent – American Journal of Education, 1985
Examines the negative outcomes of the mandatory external primary school-leaving certificate examination administered to Irish sixth-graders, 1943-67. Concludes that the Irish experience should warn American educators of the possible dangers of using minimum competency tests as the sole or primary determinant of decisions concerning grade-to-grade…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum