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Constitutional Requirements For Standardized Ability Tests Used In Education, Lewis D. Beckwith
Constitutional Requirements For Standardized Ability Tests Used In Education, Lewis D. Beckwith
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Note examines the groundwork for possible legal remedies to correct the abuses of tests and testing procedures used by some educators. Because the standardized ability tests administered as prerequisites to college admission are perhaps the most significant obstacles to an individual's educational development, the discussion herein is directed primarily to them. This Note attempts to demonstrate that existing legal doctrines provide an adequate basis for challenging some of the standardized ability tests used in determining college entrance requirements as violations of equal protection and procedural due process. It also discusses the scope of a proper remedy for individuals aggrieved …
Post--Brown Private White Schools--An Imperfect Dualism, James E. Smith
Post--Brown Private White Schools--An Imperfect Dualism, James E. Smith
Vanderbilt Law Review
Federal courts have endeavored to assure that private discrimination practiced by schools is truly private. In this endeavor, courts have enjoined any significant state involvement as violative of the equal protection clause. The courts have shown no inclination to prohibit the private discrimination itself, however, and it appears unlikely that courts in the near future will take the innovative step of barring discrimination practiced by private white academies.