Adverse Impact!
How CBEST Fails the People of California
Principal Researcher: Harold Berlak
Applied Research Center
32 pages
A critique of the California Basic Educational Skills Test, a racially biased standardized test that all teachers in California are required to pass. Many qualified teachers of color are excluded from the teaching profession in California due to the flawed validity of this test.
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