Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice Volume 7 | Issue 1 Article 2 September 2013 The Legal Implications of Gender Bias in Standardized Testing Katherine Connor Ellen J. Vargyas Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bglj Recommended Citation Katherine Connor and Ellen J. Vargyas, The Legal Implications of Gender Bias in Standardized Testing, 7 Berkeley Women's L.J. 13 (1992). Available at: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bglj/vol7/iss1/2 Link to publisher
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Abstract The major legal issues, case law, and arguments, are investigated as a parent of a special needs student fosters a complaint that her daughter is subjected to harassment on the school bus by fellow students. This case study questions whether the lack of concern from the bus driver and negligence from the school district was the essential catalyst of her daughters’ harassment, torment, and sexual abuse. After several incidents of unsupervised abuse, the mother criticized the school
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Link Below To Buy: http://hwaid.com/shop/2352/ Question 1 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points The case of Cohen v. Brown University stands for which of the following? A.Cutting two men's and two women's teams complies with Title IX. B.Cutting two men's and two women's teams violates Title IX because of the underrepresentation of female athletes. C.Cutting two men's and two women's teams is justified because Brown University loses money on its athletic program. D.a and b Question 2 of 30 2.5/ 2.5 Points
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254,267.61 6,350,715.39 ÷ #of Students 188 191 Total Cost per Athlete 33,267.38 33,249.82 This option is fairer because it brings both direct and indirect cost between male and female athletes more in line which would comply with Title IX. The problem is that the school will not want to eliminate the male football team because it is a revenue sport and given the amount of their costs, it’s probably the major team of the entire school. A possible suggestion would be to create additional
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It was passed on June 23, 1972. “Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. The principal objective of Title IX is to avoid the use of federal money to support sex discrimination in education programs and to provide individual citizens effective protection against those practices”
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go unreported, in part due to different social stigmas experienced by men and women who are victims of these crimes. Over the years, sexual assault on college campuses have increased and remained at fairly alarmingly-high rates. The Clery Act and Title IX are two important laws that have been established my many universities/colleges nationwide, which attempt to lower the rates the and increase awareness of sexual assault. The Jeanne Clery Act,
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athletes should receive compensation beyond the tuition, room and board, and books or should they receive zero compensation. The pay-for-play system faces major obstacles such as employment status (workers’ compensation), any federal tax benefits, Title IX, antitrust under the Sherman Act. The first major obstacle that an athlete would face is attaining the employee status. In order for student-athletes to receive additional compensation for their participation in inter-collegiate athletics, they must
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people would perceive contact sport as consisting of football, boxing, wrestling or hockey. However, the law has broader indication; the Title IX regulation defines: “contact sports includes boxing, wrestling, rugby, ice hockey, football, baseball and other sports the purpose or major activity of which involves bodily contact.” 34 C.F.R. §106.41(b). Though, Title IX left a huge gap where various courts would decide differently. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Jan. 27, 2009 held that “cheerleading is
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Yet, even with these programs and new legislative changes to Title IX and the implementation of modified institutional report systems, sexual assault rates remain consistently high. The new legislation and changes fail to prevent assaults and lacks the ability to provide adequate support for the survivor/victim. According to RAINN, a sexually assault informative and preventative website, cutes that “only 20% of female student victims, age 18-24, report to law enforcement”(RAINN). Thus, colleges and
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to witness it or be the ones to tell the story to the young generation. This is 2 years after Title IX is imposed and rules are being implemented, there is hope and despair in the air for this to be a new move in sports by raising the question how do we create equity for women. In this paper, I will describe the view of an African American women who was born in Southern California and grew up after Title IX was created. She also tell me the other of growing up like being a fat and a tomboy which effected
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