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Download full textPoggio, John P.; And Others – 1982
Alternative group judgment approaches to setting minimum competency standards were compared. Replication of results was possible for eight different tests (reading and mathematics, across four grade levels). The Kansas Competency Based Tests in reading and mathematics were administered statewide to students in grades two, four, six, and eight.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedPoggio, John P.; And Others – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1986
This article discusses the range of validation studies conducted in Kansas in examining the validity of the National Teachers' Examination as a certification test for that state. It is argued that the validation of certification tests calls for a wider range of studies than typically are undertaken. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Minimum Competency Testing, National Competency Tests, Scaling
Poggio, John P. – 1984
Kansas law requires setting passing scores for the reading and mathematics competency test for 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students, administered annually since April of 1980. New objective-referenced tests are prepared each year. Both judgmental (Angoff, Ebel, and Nedelsky) methods and empirical (contrasting groups and borderline) methods…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1979
The activities and results of the first year of a two-year student assessment pilot program are described, based on a 1978 mandate by the Kansas Legislature requiring the development of minimum competency objectives in the areas of reading and mathematics for students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11 and instruments for assessing those competencies.…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Poggio, John P.; And Others – 1981
A comparison of four frequently used standard setting methods for deriving cut-off scores with respect to the expected performance of minimally competent students, is presented in this paper. Ten Kansas Competency Based Tests, in reading and mathematics, were administered across five grade levels in a state-wide minimal competency testing program.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education
Trennepohl, Harlan J.; And Others – 1983
Some of the realities, at a state and national level, of implementing new teacher education standards that emphasize basic skills are discussed. Reported on is Kansas' response to the national trend toward teacher basic skill testing (five house bills concerning teacher education). The Kansas State Board of Education proposal for a competency…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Competency Based Teacher Education, Education Majors
