Tests and Teaching Quality Interim Report (2000) / Chapter Skim
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Disparate Impact
Disparate Impact
Pages 17-18
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But because of the differences in passing rates, licensure tests have been challenged in court on civil rights grounds. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers are prohibited from using employment practices that discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or national .
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A federal district court in South Carolina, however, relied on the standards of Title VII in its ruling on a teacher licensure test in that state. The court ruled that, despite a disparate impact on black applicants, the state was justified in using the test (the National Teacher Examinations)
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