Although both the Larry P. V. Riles case and PASE v. Hannon cases dealt with overrepresentation of minority children in special education due to a bias in intelligence testing used for eligibility the outcomes were different. Compare the two different outcomes to one another
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should include:
Larry P. v. Riles—Intelligence tests are biased, can't use to identify African American children as cognitively disabled, reduce the minority overrepresentation PASE v Hannon—Intelligence tests are not biased because they represent the culture of the schools, focused on SES differences that contributed to differences in performance
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What will be an ideal response?
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