{"id":354839,"date":"2016-04-04T11:01:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T16:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/education\/curriculum-standards-school-funding\/legal-authority-and-challenges-on-competency-testing.html"},"modified":"2016-06-20T20:22:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T01:22:04","slug":"legal-authority-and-challenges-on-competency-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/education\/curriculum-standards-school-funding\/legal-authority-and-challenges-on-competency-testing.html","title":{"rendered":"Competency Tests: Legal Authority and Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Most education reform since the 1980s has focused on “performance-based standards” which ostensibly indicate a minimum level of academic achievement that all graduating students should have mastered. Some important laws concerning standards-based school reform include:<\/p>