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ERIC Number: EJ415877
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Publication Date: 1990
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School Competency Testing Reforms and Student Achievement: Exploring a National Perspective.
Winfield, Linda F.
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v12 n2 p157-73 Sum 1990
The relationship between school-level minimum competency testing (MCT) programs and student reading proficiency measured by the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress was studied in subsamples of 10,367 fourth graders, 10,829 eighth graders, and 13,513 eleventh graders. No advantages of MCT programs were seen in grade 4. (SLD)
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress
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