The "Golden Rule" Remedy for Disparate Impact of Standardized Testing: Progress or Regress?.

Phillips, S. E.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The "Golden Rule" Remedy for Disparate Impact of Standardized Testing: Progress or Regress?

Phillips, S. E.

West's Education Law Reporter, v63 n2 p383-428 Dec 20 1990

Describes the "Golden Rule" test construction technique and its legal history. Focuses on the legal/measurement issues and considers alternative procedures for constructing racially "unbiased" tests. Concludes with an analysis of the probable reaction of the present Supreme Court to a constitutional/statutory challenge of the "Golden Rule" remedy. (MLF)

Descriptors: Certification, Court Litigation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Insurance Companies, Multiple Choice Tests, Racial Discrimination, Standardized Tests, State Courts, Test Bias, Test Construction, Test Theory, Test Validity

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

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