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Teacher Competency Whitewash: How One High-Stakes Test Eliminates Diversity from the Teaching Force.
Flippo, Rona F.; Canniff, Julie G. – Connection: New England's Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development, 2000
Based on ethnic group differences in Massachusetts Educator Certification Test (MECT) scores, argues that performance-based assessments should be as important as a paper-and-pencil test of cognitive and content skills. Asserts that rather than screening out minorities from the teaching force, the state should be looking for ways to ensure that…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Minority Groups, Performance Based Assessment, Politics of Education
