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Download full textPalmer, Pamla; And Others – 1990
A statistical comparison was made of two test batteries, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), using a sample of 406 subjects (98 civilian high school students and 308 military recruit examinees). The sample was predominantly white and male. A first analyses described the sample and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Comparative Testing, Correlation
Hunter, John E. – 1983
This paper reviews the now massive general literature showing that psychological tests are fair to minorities. This literature shows that there is no single group validity, there is no differential validity, and tests overpredict rather than underpredict minority job performance. Further evidence in regard to blacks is introduced from 51…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Aptitude Tests, Asian Americans
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1966
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Hunter, John E. – 1983
The economic impact of optimal selection using ability tests is far higher than is commonly known. For small organizations, dollar savings from higher productivity can run into millions of dollars a year. This report estimates the potential savings to the Federal Government as an employer as being 15.61 billion dollars per year if tests were given…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Cost Effectiveness, Cutting Scores
Frazier, William E.; And Others – 1977
The purpose of this project was to derive information relating student aptitudes to the accomplishment of specific performance objectives in an identified time frame within selected occupational training programs. Answers to the following questions were sought: What tasks within a given occupation can be performed by educationally disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Disadvantaged Youth
Allen, Ronald Lorraine – 1968
This study sought to determine characteristics of successful and unsuccessful students in a program of adult Indian basic, prevocational, and family life education conducted at the University of Montana. Subjects were 127 Indians from seven Montana reservations. They were divided into three groups; those who successfully completed the program;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts
Associated Educational Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1982
Compiled in order to offer vocational educators in Missouri a structured, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory guide for admissions procedures, this handbook outlines the Missouri Admissions Policy and presents concrete guidelines for its implementation. Following a statement of the Missouri policy, proven methods of disseminating and publicizing…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Aptitude Tests
SELECTION FOR TRAINING, DO PRESENT PRACTICES MILITATE AGAINST OLDER WORKERS. PANEL AND WORKSHOP III.
PALLONE, NATHANIEL J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
FOUR PAPERS WERE PRESENTED ON WORK DONE IN THE FIELD OF SELECTION OF OLDER WORKERS (OVER 45) FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, A PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF 100 HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED WHOSE GATB SCORES DISQUALIFIED THEM FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THE U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE HAS UNDERTAKEN A PROGRAM OF…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling
