Competency Testing in Florida. Report to the Florida Cabinet. Part I. Task Force on Educational Assessment Programs [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5379126
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED183607
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979
- 34 p.
- Summary:
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After studying the testing and remedial programs used in Florida's public schools, the Task Force on Educational Assessment Programs presented its findings and recommendations. Findings are reported regarding: the schedule for implementing the testing program (which requires that students pass the Functional Literacy Test before they may graduate from high school); public and professional reactions to the testing program; the test's name; the importance of academic as opposed to practical life skills; the test's validity in predicting life success; problems in testing exceptional students; cultural bias; consistent testing procedures; and test validity related to appropriate curriculum content. A brief review of remedial programs is included, as is a brief comparison of 1977 and 1978 test scores. Recommendations are addressed to four main concerns: (1) eliminating unfairness and communication problems-- including changing the time of testing and the test's name; (2) promoting early learning and diagnostic testing; (3) improving test quality and emphasizing items which test basic skills; and (4) monitoring remedial programs by the state department of education. Forty-one behavioral objectives, a bibliography, and a list of task force participants are appended. (GDC)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee.
- Contract Number: 790-056.
- Contract Number: 790-063.
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Basic Skills
- Communication Skills
- Educational Assessment
- Educational Objectives
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Functional Literacy
- Graduation Requirements
- Instructional Improvement
- Mathematics
- Minimum Competency Testing
- Program Improvement
- Remedial Programs
- State Programs
- Test Bias
- Test Validity
- Testing Problems
- Testing Programs
- Florida Functional Literacy Test
- Florida Florida State Student Assessment Test Part II
- Other authors/contributors:
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2049 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1979
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