Competency Assessment at School and Work.

Pottinger, Paul S.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Competency Assessment at School and Work

Pottinger, Paul S.

Social Policy, 8, 2, 35-40, Sep-Oct 77

Discusses the need for developing job competency tests which measure cognitive and personal traits, as well as specific skills and knowledge. Emphasizes that the use of rigorously validated measures of intellectual and personal traits facilitates the evaluation of post-secondary education's effectiveness in the post-academic world. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Job Analysis, Job Skills, Motivation, Occupational Tests, Performance Tests, Postsecondary Education

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