ERIC Number: ED583584
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr
Pages: 21
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Understanding "Gulino": A Legal Perspective. ACT Working Paper 2017-2
Croft, Michelle
ACT, Inc.
"Gulino v. New York State Department of Education" is a class action lawsuit that involves a teacher certification examination in New York. The case spanned over two decades and three iterations of the exam. The case is unique as the plaintiffs were already teaching in classrooms when they were required to sit for a new certification exam. Despite the unique nature of the case, it is a useful case study to examine what factors the court uses in evaluating employment assessments where there is a disparate impact (i.e., one racial/ethnic group consistently scores lower than another group). This paper will first discuss the legal criteria used by courts in evaluating challenges to employment assessments, then describe the "Gulino" case and its resulting opinions.
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Teacher Certification, Tests, Scores, Legal Responsibility, Teacher Evaluation, State Legislation, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Social Discrimination, Ethnicity, Employers, Public Schools, Minority Group Teachers, Standardized Tests
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: ACT, Inc.
Identifiers - Location: New York; New York (New York)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Civil Rights Act 1964
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