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ERIC Number: EJ314724
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Irish Experience in Competency Testing: Implications for American Education.
Madaus, George F; Greaney, Vincent
American Journal of Education, v93 n2 p268-94 Feb 1985
Examines the negative outcomes of the mandatory external primary school-leaving certificate examination administered to Irish sixth-graders, 1943-67. Concludes that the Irish experience should warn American educators of the possible dangers of using minimum competency tests as the sole or primary determinant of decisions concerning grade-to-grade promotion. (Author/RDN)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Minimum Competencies, Minimum Competency Testing, Student Certification, Student Promotion, Teacher Attitudes, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ireland