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Gunn, Lee D. – Journal of Law and Education, 1982
A judicial decision on issues raised by state diploma denial found that competency testing of Florida's high school students as a graduation requirement violated due process by not providing students with adequate notice. The court prescribed some degree of curricular validity to determine whether the test covered materials actually taught.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Due Process, Federal Courts