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Minimum Competency Testing and the Demand for Accountability.
Pullin, Diana – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
The attorney for the plaintiffs in Debra P. v. Turlington discusses the harmful effects and the arbitrary and unfair nature of minimum competency testing. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Curriculum Development, Equal Education, Graduation Requirements
Lawrence et al. v. South Carolina State Board of Education. Opinion No. 23526. Heard October 31, 1991--Filed December 9, 1991.
South Carolina State Supreme Court, Columbia. – 1991
This court litigation reverses Farris and Black of Home School Legal Defense Association v. South Carolina State Board of Education, which found that the Education Entrance Examination (EEE) was properly validated for use in testing home school instructors as regulated by S. C. Code Ann. Section 59-65-40(A)(1)(a)(1990), the home schooling statute…
Descriptors: Certification, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling
United States of America, Plaintiff, and North Carolina Association of Educators, et. al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. State of North Carolina, et. al., Defendants. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Raleigh Division, Brief Amicus Curiae for Educational Testing Service.
Willens, Howard P.; And Others – 1975
At issue in this case is the validity of specified uses by North Carolina of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE), a standardized testing program produced and administered by Educational Testing Service. This brief amicus curiae is designed to assist the Court in distinguishing among the valid and inappropriate uses of the NTE and the different…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Cutting Scores, Racial Discrimination, Standardized Tests
Implications of a Landmark Ruling on Florida's Minimum Competency Test.
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