Minorities, Teacher Testing, and Recent U.S. Supreme Court Holdings: A Regressive Step.

Hood, Stafford; Parker, Laurence

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Publication Date: 1991

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Minorities, Teacher Testing, and Recent U.S. Supreme Court Holdings: A Regressive Step.

Hood, Stafford; Parker, Laurence

Teachers College Record, v92 n4 p603-18 Sum 1991

Discusses the negative impact of teacher certification testing on African-American teacher candidates, noting the Supreme Court's Wards Cove versus Antonio decision which may foreclose previously successful court settlements regarding the impact of teacher testing on minorities. The article reviews procedures for establishing test validity and major cases addressing such procedures. (SM)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Education, Blacks, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Higher Education, Minority Group Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Racial Discrimination, Teacher Certification, Test Bias

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