November 19, 1999

Judge Strikes Down Testing Service's Policy on the Disabled

By SARA HEBEL

A federal judge this month struck down a national testing service's policy of telling medical-residency programs when an applicant who takes a test has been given special accommodations for the disabled. Later the same week, however, a federal appeals-court judge issued an order to stay that ruling.

An appeals-court panel is scheduled to hear the case next week.

At the beginning of the month, Judge M. Faith Angell, of the U.S. District Court in