Florida's Minimum Competency Program: Two Years Later and the Judge's Decision.

Pinkney, H. B.

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Publication Date: 1980-Mar

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Florida's Minimum Competency Program: Two Years Later and the Judge's Decision.

Pinkney, H. B.

Clearing House, v53 n7 p318-22 Mar 1980

Two years after the implementation of Florida's Educational Accountability Act, which mandates statewide competency testing in reading, writing, and arithmetic, the author cites the advantages of the program, refutes criticisms of it and reviews the challenge to it in Federal District court, the Debra P. V. Turlington case. (SJL)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Graduation Requirements, Minimum Competency Testing, State Programs, Success, Test Bias

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Florida

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