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Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1979
This article, (presented by the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association) discusses a position statement adopted in April 1979, which states, in part, that no single measure or method of assessment of minimum competencies should ever be the sole criterion for graduation or promotion of a student. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Minimum Competency Testing, Professional Associations
Peer reviewedSeymour, Dorothy Z. – Journal of Reading, 1979
Contends that the imposition of competence standards might compensate for the climate of permissiveness that allowed students to graduate from high school without having developed high school level skills in the basics. (DD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedVacca, Richard T.; Vacca, Jo Anne L. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Suggests that competency reading programs should be based on a definition of functional reading that applies reading skills to real-life tasks, that materials should be real and timely, and that activities should center on finding meaning. (MKM)
Descriptors: Functional Reading, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Concludes that valid reading tests are needed for adults and should be designed differently than tests for academic or school-related reading. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Job Performance, Minimum Competency Testing
