Equal Opportunity versus Equal Results: Monsters, Rightful Causes, and Perverse Effects.

Lerner, Barbara

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ERIC Number: EJ249443

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Publication Date: 1981

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Equal Opportunity versus Equal Results: Monsters, Rightful Causes, and Perverse Effects.

Lerner, Barbara

New Directions for Testing and Measurement, n9 p1-13 1981

The history of the social, legal, and educational aspects of equal opportunity and equal results are outlined, and the rift between the two principles is described. Equal opportunity laws work, especially when enforced expeditiously, and are supported by most Americans. Equal results laws are a failure and counterproductive. (Author/AL)

Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Discrimination, Equal Education, Equal Protection, Racial Discrimination, Reverse Discrimination, Social Discrimination, Whites

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Collected Works - Proceedings; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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