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Download full textJensen, Arthur R. – 1973
The two-level theory of mental abilities posits two broad classes of ability: level I (learning and memory) and level II (the "g" factor of intelligence tests, reasoning, abstraction, and problem solving). Levels I and II are hypothesized to interact with SES and/or race such that: (l) SES differences are greater for level II than for I,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Black Students, Cognitive Development, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedBersoff, Donald N. – School Psychology Review, 1980
This article presents the background, the history, and the implications of the Larry P. v Riles decisions in 1972 and in 1979 in which a federal district court enjoined California from using any standardized intelligence tests to assess Black children for eligibility for classes of educable mentally retarded. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Black Students, Court Litigation
Chapman, Paul Davis – 1979
This paper explores the reasons for the rapid adoption of intelligence tests by the public schools, and the historical relationship between testing and ability grouping or tracking. Case studies are presented of three California communities--Oakland, San Jose, and Palo Alto--between 1910 and 1925. These communities have been selected because they…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
