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ERIC Number: EJ191739
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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On the Limits of Reforming the Schools through Educational Measurement.
Wise, Arthur E.
Cross Reference: A Journal of Public Policy and Multicultural Education, v1 n4 p328-37 Jul-Aug 1978, 78
While minimum competency testing may cause education to become less pluralistic, its effect will weigh most heavily upon those who fail to pass the tests. Because such testing does nothing to improve teaching or learning, one result will be to hold the student responsible for the educational system's failure. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Equal Education, Failure, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Groups
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Language: English
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