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Peer reviewedBernal, Ernesto M.; Valencia, Richard R. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2000
Reviews major issues germane to the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) case. Discusses the second wave of Texas standards-based reform that would institutionalize retention for students failing a state-mandated achievement test, proposed federal legislation limiting use of high stakes tests, and psychometric and policy lessons learned from…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black Students, Court Litigation, Criticism
Direct linkMeyerratken, Leila – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2005
The author, a teacher at an Indiana middle school, describes how her Mexican ESL students took a stand and helped make a statement against racism. These students, who had a fascination with Asian culture, were indignant when they read an article about a street in Texas called "Jap Road." Adamant that the road name should be changed, the…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Racial Bias
