U.S. Court Rules that Requiring Multiple-Choice Tests May Violate the Rights of Learning-Disabled Students.

Jaschik, Scott

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U.S. Court Rules that Requiring Multiple-Choice Tests May Violate the Rights of Learning-Disabled Students.

Jaschik, Scott

Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n37 pA16-17,20 May 30 1990

A suit filed by Steven E. Wynne, who has dyslexia, against the Tufts School of Medicine charged that the school discriminated against him when it refused to provide a test that did not use multiple-choice questions. Tufts filed an appeal saying the decision is an encroachment on academic freedom. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Freedom, Civil Rights, College Students, Court Litigation, Dyslexia, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Legal Responsibility, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests, Testing

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