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The San Francisco Public Schools Experience with Alternatives to I.Q. Testing: A Model for Non-Biased Assessment.
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Dent, Harold E. – Negro Educational Review, 1987
A court order banned the use of standardized I.Q. tests in California because they disproportionately assigned Black and other minority children to special education programs. Nonbiased assessments of cognitive behavior were implemented. They emphasize processes rather than products of learning. The number of minorities in special education has…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Court Litigation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
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.
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Dent, H.; And Others – Negro Educational Review, 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