Testing the Limits or Limiting the Tests?.

Zirkel, Perry A.

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ERIC Number: EJ577276

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Testing the Limits or Limiting the Tests?

Zirkel, Perry A.

Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n4 p330-31 Dec 1998

Summarizes a complex Kentucky appeals court ruling upholding a school district's right to administer the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System exam to all students. Parents not allowing their children to take the exam lost their "reasonable accommodation" suit--signalling strong judicial support for the education reform movement. (10 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Legal Problems, Religious Factors, School Districts, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Student Rights

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Kentucky Education Reform Act 1990

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