The conference's keynote address is presented by Bernard C. Watson. Papers include: Vantage from the State Department of Education, by Robert G. Scanlon (Pennsylvania); Minimum Competency: As the Public Sees the Question, by Jacqueline Grennan Wexler; Minimum Competency Testing (MCT): A Tripartite Response from the Profession, by W. James Popham; MCT: a Dissenting View, by Arthur E. Wise; Summary of Findings and Recommendations from a National Survey on Minimum Competencies, by Richard M. Bossone; Accountability: The Job of the Local Education Agency, by Jean F. Emmons (Trenton, N.J.); Text of Comments, by United States Representative William H. Gray, III; Problems of Implementation of Minimum Competency Requirements, by Luis Mercado (New York, N.Y.); Problems of Implementation of a State Level Perspective, by John W. Porter (Michigan); The New ABC's for a New Educational Agenda, by Chuck Stone; An Inside-Outside View of a Minimum Competency Program, by Haron J. Battle (Gary, IN); MCT: A Workable Approach, by Barry B. Beal (Denver, CO); Competency Testing, Problems and Solutions: A Legal Perspective, by David G. Carter, Sr.; MCT: Problems and Solutions for the Eighties, by Carol Anne Dwyer; and Minimum Competency: a National Responsibility, by Robert L. Ebel. (GDC)