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ERIC Number: EJ519049
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-2680
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Testing Equality: The National Teacher Examination and the NAACP's Campaign to Equalize Teacher's Salaries in the South, 1936-63.
Baker, Scott
History of Education Quarterly, v35 n1 p49-64 Spr 1995
Maintains that, in the wake of unfavorable court decisions, many school boards in the South attempted to legitimize wage discrimination against black teachers through use of the National Teacher Examination (NTE). Examines questions of racial bias within the testing procedure. Profiles the NTE's leading proponent, Ben Wood. (MJP)
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination, Salary Wage Differentials, Standardized Tests, State Government, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Salaries, Test Bias
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Teacher Examinations
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