yet no examples of said bias
Posted on 06/08/2015 4:52:52 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
A federal judge on Friday found that an exam for New York teaching candidates was racially discriminatory because it did not measure skills necessary to do the job, the latest step in a court battle over teacher qualifications that has spanned nearly 20 years.
The exam, the second incarnation of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test, called the LAST-2, was administered from 2004 through 2012 and was designed to test an applicant’s knowledge of liberal arts and science.
But the test was found to fail minority teaching candidates at a higher rate than white candidates. According to Friday’s decision, written by Judge Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court in Manhattan, the pass rate for African-American and Latino candidates was between 54 percent and 75 percent of the pass rate for white candidates. Once it was established that minority applicants were failing at a disproportionately high rate, the burden shifted to education officials to prove that the skills being tested were necessary to do the job; otherwise, the test would be ruled discriminatory.
In creating the test, the company, National Evaluation Systems, sent surveys to educators around New York State to determine if the test’s “content objectives” were relevant and important to teaching. The samples for both surveys were small, however, Judge Wood said.
The judge found that National Evaluation Systems, now called Evaluation Systems, part of Pearson Education, went about the process backward.
“Instead of beginning with ascertaining the job tasks of New York teachers, the two LAST examinations began with the premise that all New York teachers should be required to demonstrate an understanding of the liberal arts,” Judge Wood wrote.
Joshua Sohn, a partner at the firm Mishcon de Reya, who represents the prospective teachers in the case, echoed the that sentiment.
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I find it hard to argue with that conclusion. Well, I guess you do have to "know" that more government/higher taxes is always good, Ebola is God, and white Christian middle-aged males are wrong even if they say grass is green. But that's the only knowledge required.
The judge, Kimba Woods, was a failed Clinton nominee for AG.
“The Bell Curve” Whites = 100, Asians = 105, Hispanics = 98, blacks = 92, Democrats = 70
Time to drop all the pretenses. Just get a light meter and base the tests on the amount of light reflected off the skin of the applicant. Higher reflectivity = lower score.
Wow. Hadn’t heard of Kimba ‘Nanygate’ Wood in a long time. Appointed by Reagan to appease Alfonse D’Amato and ended up being close to BJ Clinton. Playboy Bunnies get around!
In Benghazi Clinton’s state, “Does it really matter now”? It’s liberal arts, why test it anyway as it’s all subjective?
yet no examples of said bias
Eliminate any and all restrictions and requirements on black people. Airline pilots? Who needs training. Training is racist. Only ONE pediatric neurosurgeon, Ben Carson, we need more. If we have to lower standards to diversify the hospital wards so be it. Teachers? We need more uneducated black teachers who can’t pass the most basic of exams to teach unteachable and out of control black students just because liberals will feel warm and fuzzy. And when the students can’t read or write and have zero skills, allow them to loot and riot because they don’t have “opportunities.” Rinse and repeat.
Anyone with any sense would say that those who fail aren’t qualified.
What skill is needed to take attendance?
I'm flabbergasted.
They did that already, these are the dumb ones
Mykroar...I am not a llama.
Did you realize that some people are smarter that others, study more than others, prepare better than others....
Don't blame the test, you weren't up to par with the person who aced it.
We can land a man on the moon but we still cant make a test where blacks score as good as whites (unless it involves a basketball).
Sounds like a case the U.N.C. Afro-American Studies dept. Could fix for the judge. Reports are they have about 20 years experience with
passing off losers as winners.
I hope one of the first Graduates from this goes on to become a brain surgeon....and their first patient is the Judge.
..... Whatever happened to that .... "All men are created equal" .... AND ... "We want to be treated the same as everybody else" stuff?
This has been going on for DECADES in Buffalo.
The teachers are too stupid to pass the exam, so instead of admitting there’s a problem, they cry “racism”.
It’s never fooled anyone that I ever encountered.
Another Reason to Homeschool
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