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| Jones, Thomas N. | 1 |
| Kahn, Laura | 1 |
| Lindheim, Elaine | 1 |
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| Popham, W. James | 1 |
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| Debra P v Turlington | 3 |
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Peer reviewedBenjes, John; And Others – Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 1980
Written primarily for litigators, shows how minimum competency tests that are used to deny high school diplomas to disproportionate numbers of minority students can be successfully challenged under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Discrimination, Equal Protection, Graduation Requirements
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Despite demonstrated success of a graduation competency testing policy in Tatnall County (Georgia), a judge ruled that the policy violated due process because the school district could not show that the items on the test were actually taught in the schools. (WD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Due Process
Dorsey, William R., Jr. – 1984
The second round of litigation in the case of Debra P. v. Turlington has required the Federal courts to consider the question whether the Florida statute which requires public high school graduates to demonstrate the "ability to successfully apply basic skills to every day life situations" as measured by the State Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Court Litigation, Court Role, Due Process
Jones, Thomas N. – 1981
Chapter 6 of a book on school law attempts to identify and examine a few of the legal problems raised by minimum competency programs, which make successful performance on a standardized test a condition for receipt of a high school diploma. The three areas where minimum competency tests are most likely to be challenged are the equal protection and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Equal Protection, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedMahon, J. Patrick – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Competency-based education programs could raise three kinds of legal issues: claims under the due process clause, claims of discrimination under the equal protection clause, and claims of negligence. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection
Popham, W. James; Lindheim, Elaine – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Reviews a federal court ruling in Florida stating that minimum competency tests must be fair--that is, they must cover material that has actually been taught. Unfair tests used to determine eligibility for graduation violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitution. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Class Activities, Court Litigation, Due Process
Pullin, Diana – 1985
As of the fall of 1984, 40 states had by state mandate adopted some form of student minimum competency testing; 19 are or will be using test performance for the award of high school diplomas. In the other 10 states, local initiatives had implemented such testing programs on the school district level. Five states were using competency tests to…
Descriptors: Black Students, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Disabilities
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
