Legal Information

        View the legal pleadings in the MCAS lawsuit
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Legal Pleadings

bulletNEA sues and School Districts Sue Over Education Law April 2005
bulletState's highest court rejects school funding lawsuit Feb 2005
bulletAttorney General in Wisconsin says the federal government can't force states to comply with the No Child
 Left Behind  Act without fully funding it This is a file format (tif) that can be viewed with Windows Picture and fax viewer
bullet Judge refuses to stop MCAS
bulletFederal Preliminary Injunction brief- May 2003 [in pdf format]
bulletReply Memorandum of the Plaintiffs in Support of Their Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
[in pdf format]- May 2003
bulletAmicus filed on behalf of MassParents and others- 3-20-2003 -Word format-46 pages
bulletTable of Contents for MassParents Amicus- 3-20-2003 Word Format 5 pages
bulletVocational Ed Amicus Brief- March 21, 2003- in Word format 20 pages
bulletClass Action Complaint filed Sept 2002- in Word format- 77 pages
bulletPreliminary Injunction filed Feb 20th, 2003-in PDF form- 106 pages
bulletLawsuit moves to state court- complaint- January 2003

Press about Legal cases
 
bulletState's highest court rejects school funding lawsuit Feb 2005
bulletJudge Refuses to Block MCAS for Graduation- May 2003
bulletJudge denies an injunction in MCAS case - April 5,2003
bulletCARE Press release about injunction denial
bulletHearing in court on the MCAS test- March 26- 2003
bulletStudents seek injunction against MCAS

2002
 
bulletBusiness Groups Backing MCAS file amicus brief in law suit
bulletCare Legal Policy memo regarding diplomas
bulletLawsuit says MCAS violates federal and state law Sept 2002

►Class Action Complaint from the Massachusetts law suit- (in Microsoft word - 77 pages)
►Explanation and background information for the above law suit
 
bulletLawsuit to allege MCAS is widely discriminatory Sept 2002
bulletObservers say bias claims hard to make against MCAS Sept 2002
bulletGroups Challenge Makeup Of Rulemaking Panel

2001
bulletCenter for Law and Education memo on the MCAS- May 2001
bullet California Lawsuit Filed re: High School Exit Exam
bulletACLU public advisory about the MCAS tests- January 2001
bulletDraft of memo from Center for Law and Education -Issues and concerns of students and parents regarding MCAS
bulletJudge Nixes Minority Claim on Tests- New York Times- January 7th, 2000
bulletCourt rules TAAS test not unconstitutional- San Antonio Express News
bullet Studies, lawsuit taking TAAS to task- San Antonio Express New
bulletLegal Opinion in the TAAS case
bulletMassachusetts Law Suit Information

 

MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND brief in the Texas education case in which they argue that:

  1. The TAAS Exit Test Has Harmed Plaintiffs and Other Minority Students
  2. Texas’ State and Local Officials Discriminated Against Hispanics and African Americans in the Past and
  3. Standardized Tests Are One Tool of Discrimination Against Hispanics and African Americans in the United States in General and in Texas in Particular

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