In 1979, the _____ class-action suit in the state of California banned the use of standardized intelligence tests as a primary selection criterion for placing children into classes for the mentally retarded because the testing was considered to be culturally biased against children of color, especially African American children

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The Larry P. v. Riles class-action suit in the state of California in 1979 banned the use of standardized intelligence tests as a primary selection criterion for placing children into classes for the mentally retarded because the testing was considered to be culturally biased against children of color, especially African American children. The Civil Rights Act was a federal law enacted in 1964 that outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Bell Curve is a controversial book published in 1994 that argued that intelligence is largely determined by genetics and that there are inherent racial differences in intelligence.

In 1979, the _____ Class-Action Suit in the State of California