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Lathrop, Robert – 1980
This report stems from the misunderstanding of what general standardized tests and standardized admission tests can and were designed to do, and an uneasiness with certain discoveries concerning biases in the tests. Important issues such as margin of error, predictive value, social and racial bias, and the effects of coaching are the very issues…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Disclosure, Error of Measurement, Higher Education
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Law and Education Center. – 1980
Truth in testing, competency testing, and intelligence tests constitute the central topics of this newsletter. The authors review a report prepared by the Education Commission of the States on truth-in-testing legislation and litigation, covering recent efforts at the state and federal levels to open the testing process to public scrutiny. They…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Malpractice, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBersoff, Donald N. – Child and Youth Services, 1982
Discusses two cases in which Black schoolchildren challenged the validity and cultural fairness of standardized, individually administered intelligence tests; Larry P. versus Riles and PASE versus Hannon. Describes the diametrically opposed outcomes of the decisions, highlights important similarities, and critically analyzes each court's reasoning…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education
Willens, Howard P.; And Others – 1975
At issue in this case is the validity of specified uses by North Carolina of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE), a standardized testing program produced and administered by Educational Testing Service. This brief amicus curiae is designed to assist the Court in distinguishing among the valid and inappropriate uses of the NTE and the different…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Cutting Scores, Racial Discrimination, Standardized Tests
Peer reviewedPhillips, S. E. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1990
Describes the "Golden Rule" test construction technique and its legal history. Focuses on the legal/measurement issues and considers alternative procedures for constructing racially "unbiased" tests. Concludes with an analysis of the probable reaction of the present Supreme Court to a constitutional/statutory challenge of the…
Descriptors: Certification, Court Litigation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Insurance Companies
Peer reviewedLambert, Nadine M. – American Psychologist, 1981
Presents a history and analysis of the Larry P. v Wilson Riles litigation in California which prohibited the use of intelligence tests for determining eligibility of Black children for placement in educable mentally retarded programs. Argues against the court decision, and claims tests are not biased. (APM)
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Willens, Howard P.; And Others – 1976
This amicus curiae was filed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the case of the United States of America and South Carolina Education Association v. South Carolina, which involved the validity of South Carolina's use of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). The NTE, a battery of achievement tests designed to measure the academic…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Cutting Scores, Higher Education
Willens, Howard P.; And Others – 1975
This amicus curiae was filed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the case of the United States of America and North Carolina Association of Educators v. North Carolina, which involved the validity of North Carolina's use of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). The NTE, a battery of achievement tests designed to measure the academic…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Cutting Scores
Tractenberg, Paul L.; Kahn, Laura – 1979
Legal issues of minimum competency testing derive from federal and state constitutional, statutory, and regulatory provisions, and from common law. Constitutional provisions for equal protection, due process, and freedom of belief and privacy, are primarily federal; education provisions are state mandated. Only four court cases have directly…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discriminatory Legislation, Due Process
