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| Negro Educational Review | 7 |
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| Brooks, Clifford | 1 |
| Dawkins, Marvin P. | 1 |
| Dent, Harold E. | 1 |
| Grant, Marvin L. | 1 |
| Hilliard, Asa G., III | 1 |
| Hoover, Mary Rhodes | 1 |
| Lee, Dorian Latham | 1 |
| Pritscher, Conrad | 1 |
| Taylor, Orlando L. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 7 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
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| California | 1 |
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| Brown v Board of Education | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Learning Potential Assessment… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedTaylor, Orlando L.; Lee, Dorian Latham – Negro Educational Review, 1987
Standardized tests rely on communicative behavior. Incongruities between the language of the test giver and the test taker can result in bias. Data on communications should be consulted so that tests allow for linguistic and cultural differences. This is the only way the abilities of Blacks can be accurately assessed. (VM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHoover, Mary Rhodes; And Others – Negro Educational Review, 1987
It is unlikely that reading tests written in standard English can measure the verbal ability of nonstandard speakers. Phonological, syntactic, and lexical biases disproportionately place certain groups at a disadvantage and reinforce undesirable attitudes concerning language varieties. This can be remedied only when the society rids itself of…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDent, 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
Peer reviewedHilliard, Asa G., III – Negro Educational Review, 1987
The Learning Potential Assessment Device and Instrumental Enrichment are two much needed improvements in education. Used in tandem, they rectify previous problems of testing and teaching by providing an unbiased assessment device which does not rely on labels for categories of learners. (VM)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPritscher, Conrad; Brooks, Clifford – Negro Educational Review, 1992
The goal of good education is to have each student decide for himself or herself what will secure or endanger his or her freedom. Ways in which education has socialized people to fit into a racist society are discussed, and suggestions are given for reducing racism in the classroom. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedGrant, Marvin L. – Negro Educational Review, 1992
Reviews the struggle for access to education waged by minorities after the Brown decision (1954), considering both gains and losses in the search for educational equity. New tactics are needed to move to a truly multicultural education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Busing, Court Litigation, Educational History
Peer reviewedDawkins, Marvin P. – Negro Educational Review, 1994
Extends previous findings on long-term effects of school desegregation by employing data from the first-ever nationally representative survey of blacks, the National Survey of Black Americans, a probability household survey of 2,107 black adults. Findings support the generally beneficial long-term effects. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Secondary Education
