Tests Relevant Primarily to White Middle-Class Students Produce Inaccurate and Misleading

question 58

Multiple Choice

Tests relevant primarily to white middle-class students produce inaccurate and misleading test scores when administered to lower-class African-American students.This was the conclusion of a court in which of the following cases?

• A) Diana v. State Board of Education (1970)
• B) Hobson v. Hansen (1967)
• C) Larry P. v. Riles (1979)
• D) Debra v. Turlington (1981)

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Pay Gap

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