Court Bans Use of I.Q. Tests for Blacks for Any Purpose in California State Schools: Press Release by Law Offices of Public Advocates, Inc., San Francisco, California.

Dent, H.; And Others

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Court Bans Use of I.Q. Tests for Blacks for Any Purpose in California State Schools: Press Release by Law Offices of Public Advocates, Inc., San Francisco, California.

Dent, H.; And Others

Negro Educational Review, v38 n2-3 p190-99 Apr-Jul 1987

The use of standardized I.Q. tests for Blacks has been banned in California State schools. This court settlement culminated 15 years of legal action on a class action suit filed by Black parents for their children who had been disproportionately assigned to classes for the mentally retarded. (VM)

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Intelligence Tests, Mental Retardation, Special Education, Standardized Tests, Student Placement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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