Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ425057
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Publication Date: 1991
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Using Predictor Tests to Strengthen Ethnic Diversity in Teacher Education.
Heger, Herbert K.; Engelhardt, Jon M.
Teacher Education and Practice, v6 n2 p69-70 Fall-Win 1990-91
Describes the development of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) tests which predict student success in mathematics on the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) and readiness for college mathematics. Institutions wishing to expand ethnic diversity in teacher education must help minority students prepare for tests like the TASP. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Basic Skills, College Bound Students, Competency Based Teacher Education, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Faculty), Equal Education, Mathematics Skills, Minimum Competency Testing, Minority Groups, Predictive Validity, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Improvement, Student Recruitment, Test Wiseness
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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