Update March 16, 2019: A presentation was made at the 2019 CSHA annual convention on Revising Larry P. And African American Student Language Assessments: Clarification and Updates (2019) by Toya Wyatt, Ph.D, CCC-SLP Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders at Cal State Fullerton.

In January, 2003 a CSHA task force published this position paper, The Assessment of African American Children: An Update on Larry P.

The Larry P. v. Riles (1979) court case is the basis for the law that disallows the administration of standardized intelligence quotient (IQ) tests for the placement of African American children into classes for the Educable Mentally Retarded (EMR) or its substantial equivalent. The case represented a class action lawsuit of African American parents in San Francisco who challenged the over-representation of African American children in special education classes based on scores derived from standardized tests.

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You may view and/or download these positions papers listed below for further reference:

• The Assessment of African American Children: An Update on Larry P. – CSHA Task Force, 2003
• Revising Larry P. And African American Student Language Assessments: Clarification and Updates – Toya Wyatt, Ph.D, CCC-SLP Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders at Cal State Fullerton (2019)