The Cost of Quality: Teacher Testing and Racial-Ethnic Representativeness in Public Education.

Dometrius, Nelson C.; Sigelman, Lee

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Cost of Quality: Teacher Testing and Racial-Ethnic Representativeness in Public Education.

Dometrius, Nelson C.; Sigelman, Lee

Social Science Quarterly, v69 n1 p70-82 Mar 1988

Reports the results of a simulation-based analysis of Black and Hispanic public school teacher employment in Texas. The simulation reflects recently instituted teacher testing requirements in mathematics and language competence and projects how the program is likely to affect the racial-ethnic composition of public school teachers in Texas over the next decade. (JDH)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Teachers, Computer Simulation, Educational Improvement, Hispanic Americans, Job Skills, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Minority Group Teachers, Monte Carlo Methods, Occupational Tests, Performance Tests, Personnel Evaluation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas

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