Functional Literacy and/or Minimum Competency Testing in the Nation's Schools as a Prerequisite to Receiving a High School Diploma: Some Economic Implications.

Lloyd, R. Grann

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Publication Date: 1980-Jan

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Functional Literacy and/or Minimum Competency Testing in the Nation's Schools as a Prerequisite to Receiving a High School Diploma: Some Economic Implications.

Lloyd, R. Grann

Negro Educational Review, v31 n1 p3-16 Jan 1980

In addition to stigmatizing and prejudicing the future of young people, the denial of a high school diploma based on test scores represents a waste of public funds and human resources. In recent years, however, the educational system has been increasingly concerned with testing school children rather than teaching them. (Author/GC

Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, Graduation Requirements, High School Students, Minimum Competency Testing, Unemployment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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