Legal Challenges to Testing for Teacher Certification: History, Impact and Future Trends.

Cohen, Judith H.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Legal Challenges to Testing for Teacher Certification: History, Impact and Future Trends.

Cohen, Judith H.

Journal of Law and Education, v18 n2 p226-65 Spr 1989

Surveys the legal challenges to teacher certification based on objective competency tests; analyzes the theories of the challenges; and discusses implementation of these tests with particular reference to the declining number of eligible minority candidates. Describes "custom designed" certification programs used by a few states. (MLF)

Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Teachers, Public Schools, Standardized Tests, State Standards, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Testing Programs

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