2009 Massachusetts Code
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE XII EDUCATION
CHAPTER 71B CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Section 7 Tests for selection of children for referral, diagnosis, or evaluation
Section 7. No results of standardized or local tests of ability, aptitude, attitude, affect, achievement, or aspiration may be used exclusively in the selection of children for referral, diagnosis, or evaluation. Such tests shall be approved by the department in accordance with regulations issued by the board to insure that they are as free as possible from cultural and linguistic bias or, wherever necessary, separately evaluated with reference to the linguistic and cultural groups to which the child belongs.
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