Policy Issues in Employment Testing
Linda C. Wing and Bernard R. Gifford How should a society committed to the ideas of individual merit, equal opportunity, and the free marketplace allocate scarce educational and employment opportunities? How can that society draw distinctions fairly and justifiably-among people competing against ea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
| Series: | Evaluation in Education and Human Services
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Table of Contents:
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- 1 A Critique of Validity Generalization
- 2 Employment Testing: A Public Sector Viewpoint
- 3 The Validity and Fairness of Alternatives to Cognitive Tests
- 4 Recent Trends in Assessment: England and Wales
- 5 Employment Selection and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: The Legal Debate Surrounding Selection Criteria, Validation, and Affirmative Action
- Addendum to Chapter 4