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With Bias Toward None: Proceedings. A National Planning Conference on Nondiscriminatory Assessment for Handicapped Children.
Coordinating Office for Regional Resource Centers, Lexington, KY.
Provided are the proceedings of "With Bias toward None," a national planning conference on nonbiased assessment of handicapped children. Major sections of the document cover the following: the filmstrip introduction, general session presentations, clinic sessions handouts, issues generated at the conference, assessment models and implementation plans, and the conference directory. Included are brief presentations with the following titles and authors: "Discrimination in Special Education" (S. Martin), "Cultural and Academic Stress Imposed on Afro-Americans--Implications for Educational Change" (W. Parker), "A System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment" (J. Mercer), "Issues Related to the Assessment of Black Children--Summary of Clinic Session" (W. Parker), "Some Observations on Nondiscriminatory Assessment" (J. Ysseldyke), "Regional Resource Centers" (J. Tucker), "Legalistic Precedents" (T. Oakland), "Bureau of Education for the Handicapped" (G. Boyd), "Conference Planning--In-service Training through Short-Term Conferences" (R. MacIntyre), "Issues Related to Assessment of Chicano Children" (E. Bernal), and "Issues Related to Assessment of Asian-American Children" (T. Hisama). Also provided are sample task sheets and a paper on educational decision making--a group simulation activity which examines educational responsibility and placement. (SBH)
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Sponsor: Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Coordinating Office for Regional Resource Centers, Lexington, KY.
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