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Peer reviewedLivingston, Donald R.; Livingston, Sharon M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2002
Studied the effects a high stakes test designed to end social promotion would have on poor black students in the 39 Georgia counties characterized as "declining rural counties." Findings suggest such tests would have a disparate impact on African American children, limiting their educational attainment. Illustrates the argument with the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Attainment
