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Peer reviewedTrattner, Marvin H. – Personnel Psychology, 1979
The U.S. Civil Service Commission conducted three criterion-related validity studies for its PACE Test. Three occupations were examined using a specially designed supervisory rating form, job information test, and work sample. A computer analyzed task inventory was the keystone of the study. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Government Employees, Job Analysis, Occupational Tests, Personnel Selection
Peer reviewedHogan, Canary C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
The more students know about themselves and the world of work, the more likely they are to make satisfying decisions about their future. Middle-level school counselors can offer students a variety of career awareness experiences via interest inventories and aptitude tests, career cluster exploration, computer-assisted guidance, field trips,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Awareness, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Direct linkSimner, Marvin L.; Goffin, Richard D. – International Journal of Testing, 2003
Among the various tests employed in personnel selection, handwriting analysis, or graphology, has enjoyed long-standing international popularity despite being highly contentious. This report contains not only an evaluation of the current published scientific reviews on the use of graphology in personnel selection, but also an evaluation of several…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Handwriting, Personnel Selection, Position Papers
Download full textPorter, Eleanor; And Others – 1992
A United States Employment Service (USES) General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) plan was formulated to evaluate and develop additional job-related assessment methods. Eighteen alternative predictors were reviewed, from which biodata was selected for development. The literature indicates that biodata provides increased validity with little or no…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Educational Research, Occupational Tests, Personnel Evaluation
Tyler, Ralph W. – 1980
The use of psychological and educational tests in World War I led to their adoption in schools for testing intelligence and achievement in order to classify students academically according to a national norm. After World War II, rapid changes in occupational and social structure demanded the education and identification of students for employment.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Occupational Tests
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1981
The specificity doctrine, holds that psychometric tests measure nothing other than the specific bits of knowledge and learned skills reflected in the item content of the tests. This prevailing doctrine has influenced the interpretation of test scores and the conceptualization of test validity, as well as the practical use of tests in educational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Correlation, Court Litigation, Intelligence Differences
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Customer-Service Representative is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training in…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Occupational Tests, Personnel Evaluation, Predictive Measurement
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Gambling Dealer is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to Job Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training as Gambling Dealers. Research…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Occupational Tests, Personnel Evaluation, Predictive Measurement
Phelps, Richard P. – 1999
It has been proposed that the federal government's General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) might be used to provide private employers with the same kind of useful information the federal government and college counselors receive about job applicants. The U.S. Department of Labor asked the National Research Council (NRC) to review the issues related…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Bias, Employers, Evaluation Problems
Anderson, Richard I.; Trollip, Stanley R. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1982
To assess the feasibility of computer-assisted Federal Aviation Administration certification examinations, a system for administering the Private Pilot Certification Examination was implemented using PLATO. Characteristics, reactions, and guidelines for use of the test are included. (Author/JJD)
Descriptors: Certification, Computer Assisted Testing, Flight Training, Occupational Tests
Hezlett, Sarah A.; Koonce, Betsy A. – 1995
How managers develop following their individual assessment is explored, examining links between steps in the development process, and testing several hypotheses about the relationships between environmental characteristics and individual development. A framework proposed by L. W. Hellervik, J. F. Hazucha, and R. J. Schneider (1992) suggests that…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change, Evaluation Utilization, Feedback
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Carpenter is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to United States Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for Carpenter positions.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Carpentry, Occupational Tests, Personnel Evaluation
Peer reviewedNeedham, W. E.; Eldridge, L. S. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
Blind vocational rehabilitation clients (N=100) were administered the Displacing and Turning tests of the Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Tests after three practice trials. Subjects essentially scored lower than people with normal vision, with their means on both tests being at the first percentile of the norms for sighted persons. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Norms, Occupational Tests
Reimer, Judy – 1996
Work Keys provides a metric that translates skill requirements for individual jobs into levels of proficiency. It has been developed as a multifunctional program with the interactive components of Job Profiling, Instructional Support, Reporting, and Assessment. The assessment component contains applied mathematics, applied technology, teamwork,…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Job Skills, National Norms, Occupational Tests
Bishop, John – 1989
Greater use of employment tests for selecting workers will mean that rewards for developing competencies measured by the tests will rise, increasing the supply of workers with the skills. Greater use of tests to select workers will also change the sorting of workers across jobs. The impact on total output will depend on the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Estimation (Mathematics), Females, Labor Force
