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Roberts, David C. – 1993
The purpose of this investigation was to examine historical changes in aptitude scores. Recent literature suggesting a decline in the quality of the U.S. workforce is reviewed, and an expectation that score distributions on aptitude tests have shifted in a negative direction is presented. Archival analyses of normative data for the Short…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Case Studies, Clerical Occupations, Educational Change

Sharf, James C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1988
Reviews history and application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to argue that adverse impact definition of test discrimination embodied in unanimous 1971 Supreme Court decision in Griggs versus Duke Power Company and its progeny is the product of successful advocacy of unelected bureaucrats rather than a product of public…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Definitions

Society, 1990
Supports and defends the work of the National Research Council's Committee on the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB). Argues that, through validity generalization, the distinction between referral and hiring, and the establishment of a "performance-fair" system of score adjustments, the GATB can be used to effect equitable employment…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Discrimination

Blits, Jan H.; Gottfredson, Linda S. – Society, 1990
Describes the evolution of "race-norming," or "within-group scoring," the practice by which job candidates' scores on employment tests are reported relative to comparison groups of their own race or ethnicity. Contends that race-norming fosters group rather than individual rights and perpetuates the inequality it intends to…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Witmer, Marion H. Comp.; Proffitt, Maris M., Comp. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
There is a substantial amount of classified material on vocations, however there has been no central compilation of material on vocational guidance techniques. This bibliography is an attempt to bring together, classify, and describe pertinent literature dealing with student personnel, guidance, and related methods of aiding individuals to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Books
Witmer, Marion H., Comp.; Proffitt, Maris M., Comp. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This bibliography, covering guidance techniques and procedures for the year 1936, is organized upon the same principles as the Guidance Bibliography: 1935. In compiling it, an effort has been made to cover all age-groups and school levels, from childhood through adulthood. The annotations, as in the first list, include specific counseling…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Adjustment, Values Education, Group Counseling
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
This bulletin comprises a general survey in bibliographic form of current educational literature, domestic and foreign, received during the monthly period preceding the date of its publication. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals mentioned in this bulletin may ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers, either directly or through a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational History, Womens Education