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ERIC Number: EJ577276
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Testing the Limits or Limiting the Tests?
Zirkel, Perry A.
Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n4 p330-31 Dec 1998
Summarizes a complex Kentucky appeals court ruling upholding a school district's right to administer the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System exam to all students. Parents not allowing their children to take the exam lost their "reasonable accommodation" suit--signalling strong judicial support for the education reform movement. (10 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Legal Problems, Religious Factors, School Districts, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Student Rights
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Kentucky Education Reform Act 1990; Kentucky Instructional Results Information System; Mandated Tests