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ERIC Number: EJ343278
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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The Black Educator: An Endangered Species.
Cole, Beverly P.
Journal of Negro Education, v55 n3 p326-34 Sum 1986
Holds that current competency tests for teachers do not predict actual ability to teach and cause educational, social and cultural problems by exacerbating teacher shortages and reducing the number of minority teachers. Calls for development of valid measures of teacher competencies and training and support of minority teachers. (GC)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Group Teachers, Remedial Programs, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Shortage, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General
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Language: English
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