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Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Replies to the immediately preceding article. The author contends that the cause of incompetence resides more in the overall ambience of disaffection in the nation than in the schools. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
An English elementary-level administrator discusses what his county system does in the way of teaching basic skills, implementing accountability, teaching the gifted, organizing grades, and providing for staff development in in-service programs for teachers. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Curriculum, Elementary Education
Heidelberg, Richard L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Warns against the dangers of allowing a student too much freedom in choosing his curriculum. (JF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Core Curriculum, Cultural Education, Curriculum
Klein, Karen – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
This review of recent research on minimum competency testing requirements focuses on the impact of such requirements on school curricula and on the processes of selecting which competencies are to be tested, determining cutoff scores, and ensuring test validity and reliability. (JBM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Criteria, Curriculum
