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ERIC Number: EJ171605
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Are Competency Testing Programs Fair? Legal?
McClung, Merle Steven
Phi Delta Kappan, 59, 6, 397-400, Feb 78
Examines aspects of the design or implementation of competency tests that may be illegal--inadequate phase-in periods, inadequate match between test and instruction, and racial discrimination. Provisions for a model program are outlined. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Discrimination, School Law, Test Validity
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