The American Federal of Teachers' president, Albert Ahanker, advocates forming a board of leading educators to develop a national qualifying examination of those newly entering the teaching profesion. The test would cover subject matter knowledge and instructional potential. Public pressure would ensure that states and districts adopted the…

Reviews the evaluation by the National Academy of Science (NAS) of the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), which was developed to predict the job performance of potential employees. Proposes that the NAS recommendation to correct the GATB's racial bias by "race-norming" was a political decision and not scientifically justified. (FMW)

Examines the relationship between male U.S. Navy recruits' background characteristics and successful outcomes in the form of completion of obligated service, promotion, or retention. Concludes that high school graduates, recruits with higher test scores, African-American and Hispanic recruits, and those admitted through the Navy's Delayed Entry…

Examines the sources of legal policy challenged by critics of the Committee on the General Aptitude Test Battery report. Indicates solid legal precedent for "burden shifting" to the employer when employment practice adversely affects a protected class. Finds that critics attack what is simply a description of established social policy.…