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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
Peer reviewedSmith, Michael R. – School Law Bulletin, 1978
Examines each of the four arguments aginst the North Carolina competency testing program: that the test will result in denial of equal protection of the law, in a violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and in a denial of both procedural and substantive due process. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Due Process, Equal Protection, Minimum Competency Testing
Download full textWare, Leland – 1989
Legal issues associated with competency testing of teachers are reviewed, with an emphasis on the problem of bias against minority examinees taking standardized tests. The central legislative foci of legal activity in this area are Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII requires employers to show, with validation studies,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
