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Unbiased Assessment: Guidelines, Procedures, and Forms for the SEA's Implementation of Public Law 94-142.
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Southwest Regional Resource Center, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1977
Intended for personnel in State Educational Agencies, the document provides guidelines, procedures, and forms for implementation of nondiscriminatory assessment practices with handicapped children and adults. In an introductory section, a model is presented for establishing the relationships between various components of an unbiased assessment…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
The Nondiscriminatory Testing Provision of PL 94-142
MacMillan, Donald I.; Meyers, C. Edward – Viewpoints, 1977
The author discusses the difficulties inherent in testing procedures when used for classifying children as handicapped, and procedures which could be used to insure that such tests are applied, evaluated, and interpreted in a nondiscriminatory manner. (MB)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Classification, Disability Discrimination, Evaluation Methods
Nondiscriminatory Assessment and Decision Making: Embedding Assessment in the Intervention Process.
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Ysseldyke, James E.; Regan, Richard R. – 1979
The authors suggest that efforts to comply with the protection in evaluation procedures provisions of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) have been characterized by attempts to identify a single fair test for use with specific groups of minority children, and that such efforts will not result in improved efforts to…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Guidelines for Protection in Evaluation.
Mainzer, Richard W.; And Others – 1978
The report examines due process protections and requirements in evaluation as mandated by P.O. 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and Maryland special education Bylaw. A checklist guide for Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) personnel to ensure protection in evaluation is provided. Self check guidelines touch on 16…
Descriptors: Due Process, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation, Guidelines
Nonbiased Assessment and School Psychology.
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Reschly, Daniel J. – 1978
The paper discusses the various problems related to the current concerns with nonbiased assessment, with particular emphasis on the placement of minority group students in classes for the mildly retarded. Sections address the following topics: special education litigation; underlying issues in court cases (including the meaning of IQ test results,…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
A Living Law: P.L. 94-142 and Direct Service Personnel.
Wasserman, Diana R. – 1979
Intended for direct service special education personnel, the paper traces the origin of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142); examines the legislation and litigation which preceded its enactment; discusses its funding mechanism; reviews its relationship to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and looks at several…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Finance
A Step Toward Fairness in Evaluating Handicapped Indian Children. A Formula for Weighing Culture Items on the WISC-R and WAIS.
Pray, Bruce S., Sr. – 1979
Professional assessment of mental retardation (MR) and learning disabilities (LD) is crucial to the implementation of P.L. 94-142 because it necessarily precedes the employment of trained teachers and because a plan for remediation depends on accurate assessment. Intelligence is a key element in the identification of MR-LD, but competent, fair…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Influences, Culture Fair Tests