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Download full textSwarthout, David – 1988
The analyses of J. E. Hunter (1983) were replicated with an expanded data set. The Hunter study, the basis of the Validity Generalization system used by the United States Employment Service, contained 515 General Aptitude Test Battery validation studies. The data set in this study included these and additional studies to bring the data set to 755…
Descriptors: Adults, Aptitude Tests, Cluster Grouping, Job Applicants
Gifford, Bernard R. – 1986
Trends in teacher competency testing, test bias against minority group teachers, and ways to encourage qualified personnel to join the teaching profession are discussed. Currently, 21 states require students to pass a test to enter a teacher education program, and 31 require teacher candidates to pass a certification test. Admission tests include…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
