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Greenlaw, Paul S.; Jensen, Sanne S. – Public Personnel Management, 1996
Analyzes the practice of race norming (adapting test scores on the basis of race/ethnicity) and its justification. Outlines the background of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which prohibited race norming, and considers future implications for recruitment and selection. (SK)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnicity, Federal Legislation