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Tractenberg, Paul L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Discusses written and unwritten tests of teachers and such issues as due process, equal protection, and test validity. (IRT)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Qualifications
Download full textTractenberg, Paul L.; Jacoby, Elaine – 1974
Traditionally, local school boards have had the power to assign students to classes and to set standards for promotion and graduation; with this authority has gone the discretion to decide what role pupil testing will play in the local schools. Courts have been reluctant to interfere with school board decisions on methodology, of which they…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Accountability, Age Grade Placement, Aptitude Tests
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
