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Peer reviewedAlbrecht, Susan Fread; Joles, Candace – Preventing School Failure, 2003
This article examines the undesirable social and vocational ramifications associated with the use of a single high-stakes test to assess the academic proficiencies of students with disabilities and the present discriminatory nature of the required performance on one standardized exam. Alternative assessments are discussed. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Peer reviewedClarizio, Harvey F. – School Psychology Digest, 1979
The administration of intelligence tests to various sociocultural groups is defended against charges that intelligence tests are discriminatory (TM 504 174). The author states that research has shown that intelligence tests are nondiscriminatory and comply with federal law, specifically Public Law 94-142. (MH)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Disability Discrimination, Educational Discrimination
