Civil Rights. Disparate-Impact Doctrine. Court Prohibits Awarding Scholarships on the Basis of Standardized Tests That Discriminatorily Impact Women. Sharif v. New York State Education Department, 709 F. Supp. 345 (S. D. N. Y. 1989)

1990 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 806 ◽  
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Using hand-held calculators in sixth-grade classes

1976 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 551-553
Author(s):  
John J. Sullivan
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Sixth Grade ◽  
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During the 1973-74 school year. two sixth-grade classes in New York conducted classroom tri als of hand-held calculators. Each child in these classes had a Bowmar “Brain” hand-held calculator for his usc during mathematics lessons each day. The project was organized by the Bureau of Mathematics Education, New York State Education Department. The calculators were provided free of charge by Bowmar/ALl, Inc., and supervision was provided by the principals of the project schools.

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