Competency Testing Emerges from its Legal Cloud.

Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ293161

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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Competency Testing Emerges from its Legal Cloud.

Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v171 n2 p22 Feb 1984

A decision upholding the constitutionality of Florida's competency exam is reviewed and school boards advised of measures for ensuring fairness and legality in competency testing: a curriculum that teaches the skills tested, adequate remedial instruction, and several chances to take the test. (MJL)

Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Discrimination, Federal Courts, Minimum Competency Testing, School Law, Secondary Education, Test Validity

Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Florida

Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Debra P v Turlington

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