Download or read book Goodbye To Excellence written by Mitchell Lazarus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, concern over high school graduates who could not balance checkbooks or read directions has led many states to require students to pass minimum competency tests before receiving their diplomas. This, legislators believe, will again make diplomas meaningful, as well as promote better education. Dr. Lazarus points out that any testing scheme creates inequities and that these tests are of special concern due to the emphasis society places on high school graduation; a just society cannot accept their potential to mark a student for life. The problem, he believes, is that society cannot agree on the goals of education, making relevant testing difficult. He also questions whether such testing will produce better curricula and notes that, while more emphasis on the basics may be needed, undue stress on them may weaken other parts of the curricula. He concludes that the goals of minimum competency testing are laudable, but that implementation may do long-term damage to education.
Download or read book Minimum Competency Achievement Testing written by Richard M. Jaeger and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Courts Validity and Minimum Competency Testing written by George F. Madaus and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What s Happening in Minimum Competency Testing written by Robert Frahm and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minimal Competency Testing written by Peter W. Airasian and published by Educational Technology. This book was released on 1979 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minimum Competency Testing written by Jimmie Covington and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minimum Competency Testing written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Synthesis of Minimum Competency MCT Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Report of the Select Joint Committee to Study Minimum Competency Testing in Elementary and Secondary Schools written by Indiana. General Assembly. Legislative Council. Select Joint Committee to Study Minimum Competency Testing in Elementary and Secondary Schools and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Assessment of Student Competence in the Public Schools written by Robert B. Ingle and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implications for Minority Groups of the Movement Toward Minimum competency Testing written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Testing in Our Schools written by Lawrence M. Rudner and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defending Standardized Testing written by Richard Phelps and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The education reform movement of the past two decades has focused on raising academic standards. Some standards advocates attach a testing mechanism to gauge the extent to which high standards are actually accomplished, whereas some critics accuse the push for standards and testing of impeding reform and perpetuating inequality. At the same time, the testing profession has produced advances in the format, accuracy, dependability, and utility of tests. Never before has obtaining such an abundance of accurate and useful information about student learning been possible. Meanwhile, the American public remains steadfast in support of testing to measure student performance and monitor the performance of educational systems. Many educational testing experts who acknowledge the benefits of testing also believe that those benefits have been insufficiently articulated. Although much has been written on standardized testing policy, most of the material has been written by opponents. The contributing authors of this volume are both accomplished researchers and practitioners who are respected and admired worldwide. They bring to the project an abundance of experience working with standardized tests. The goal of Defending Standardized Testing is to: *describe current standardized testing policies and strategies; *explain many of the common criticisms of standardized testing; *document the public support for, and the realized benefits of, standardized testing; *acknowledge the limitations of, and suggest improvements to, testing practices; *provide guidance for structuring and administering large-scale testing programs in light of public preferences and the "No Child Left Behind Act" requirements; and *present a defense of standardized testing and a vision for its future. Defending Standardized Testing minimizes the use of technical jargon so as to appeal to all who have a stake in American educational reform.
Download or read book Competency based Education written by Larry McClure and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading educators explore the meaning and development of competency and the competency-based approach; review complex problems and issues pertaining to program development; examine the role of instruction in achieving competency-based education; describe school and non-school programs being implemented; probe evaluation issues; and examine implications of competency based education for secondary school practice.
Download or read book Let s Talk about Minimum Competency Testing written by Henry M. Brickell and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Reform Cooled out written by James S. Catterall and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Educational Achievement written by National Academy of Education. Committee on Testing and Basic Skills and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
