Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ229136
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980
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Intelligence Tests on Trial.
Madden, Palmer Brown
School Psychology Review, v9 n2 p149-53 Spr 1980
This article addresses the question of why intelligence tests were put on trial. The courts had to weigh the validity of intelligence tests once California chose to rely upon intelligence tests to justify the large numbers of Black children in classes for the educable mentally retarded. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Black Students, Court Litigation, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Labeling (of Persons), Mild Mental Retardation, Racial Composition, Racial Discrimination, Socioeconomic Influences, Special Education, Test Bias, Test Validity, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Larry P v Riles
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