math test objectives--e.g learning particular algebraic elements, particular arithmetic manipulations, etc.;
(5) Establish minimum passing levels acceptable as part of the program.
(6) Prior testing results would be organized into clusters where specific skill building was needed.
Once the following steps had been taken and the program was in a form near readiness for implementation, I would begin to examine re search which has tested similar curriculum ligament programs at the senior high school level. For example, Cooperman and Bloom (1985), in a report issues by the Center for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Framingham, Massachusetts designed and tested a curricular alignment program with the goal of requiring all graduating seniors to pass the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT).
The authors noted that program success involving resolving a number of des
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