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The Curse of High Stakes Tests and High Abilities: Reactions to Wong v. Regents of the University of California
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Mather, Nancy; Gregg, Noel; Simon, Jo Anne – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
In a recent court case, Andrew H. K. Wong was dismissed from University of California at Davis medical school. He sued the university for discrimination, in violation of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), but lost. Unfortunately, these types of court decisions and the overly mechanistic and rigid interpretations of ADA are threatening the…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests, High Stakes Tests