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. Larry P. v. Riles (1979)
C. Hobson v. Hansen (1967)
D. Debra v. Turlington (1981)


Answer: C

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