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The Impact of NTE Use by States on Teacher Selection.
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Goertz, Margaret E.; Pitcher, Barbara – 1985
This study was designed to investigate the impact of the National Teacher Examination (NTE) Core Battery and Specialty Area tests on the selection of teachers. The areas examined were how states use the NTE Programs Tests; distribution of test takers and test scores by racial/ethnic group; impact of qualifying scores on passing rates of these…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Groups, State Licensing Boards
Testing Equality: The National Teacher Examination and the NAACP's Campaign to Equalize Teacher's Salaries in the South, 1936-63.
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Baker, Scott – History of Education Quarterly, 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
Brief Amicus Curiae for Educational Testing Service. United States of America, Plaintiff, and South Carolina Education Association, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. State of South Carolina, et al., Defendants. In the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division.
Willens, Howard P.; And Others – 1976
This amicus curiae was filed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the case of the United States of America and South Carolina Education Association v. South Carolina, which involved the validity of South Carolina's use of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). The NTE, a battery of achievement tests designed to measure the academic…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Cutting Scores, Higher Education
Black Teachers, Black Teacher Education: Issues for the Eighties.
James, Richard L. – 1980
Black educators and black teacher education are directly affected by the "back to basics" movement, the minimum competency testing program, and the use of standardized test scores as a criterion for teacher certification. Black educators have a high stake in the back to basics movement, and it is important for them to be involved in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Evaluation Criteria
Brief Amicus Curiae for Educational Testing Service. United States of America, Plaintiff, and North Carolina Association of Educators, et al., Plantiff-Intervenors, v. State of North Carolina, et al., Defendants. In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Raleigh Division.
Willens, Howard P.; And Others – 1975
This amicus curiae was filed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in the case of the United States of America and North Carolina Association of Educators v. North Carolina, which involved the validity of North Carolina's use of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE). The NTE, a battery of achievement tests designed to measure the academic…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Cutting Scores
Excellence and Equity in Teacher Competency Testing: A Policy Perspective.
Gifford, Bernard R. – 1986
Trends in teacher competency testing, test bias against minority group teachers, and ways to encourage qualified personnel to join the teaching profession are discussed. Currently, 21 states require students to pass a test to enter a teacher education program, and 31 require teacher candidates to pass a certification test. Admission tests include…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education