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High-Stakes Testing in Higher Education and Employment: Appraising the Evidence for Validity and Fairness
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Sackett, Paul R.; Borneman, Matthew J.; Connelly; Brian S. – American Psychologist, 2008
The authors review criticisms commonly leveled against cognitively loaded tests used for employment and higher education admissions decisions, with a focus on large-scale databases and meta-analytic evidence. They conclude that (a) tests of developed abilities are generally valid for their intended uses in predicting a wide variety of aspects of…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Higher Education, College Entrance Examinations, Occupational Tests