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Test Validation for 12,000 Jobs: An Application of Job Classification and Validity Generalization Analysis to the General Aptitude Test Battery.
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Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Div. of Counseling and Test Development. – 1983
This report cumulates the results of 515 validation studies carried out over a 45-year period by the United States Employment Service, and relates these findings to five systems of job classification and job analysis. Correction for sampling error shows that general cognitive, perceptual, and psychomotor ability are valid predictors of job…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Cognitive Ability, Federal Programs
Recent Developments in Assessment and Examination Procedures: An International Perspective--Change in Scotland.
Dockrell, W. B. – 1985
The comprehensive system of external examinations in Scotland has undergone major changes. The external examination system has been expanded to cover the entire secondary school curriculum. The examinations will now be administered to all students. The "continuum" model of criterion referenced tests has been adopted for the school…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Methodological Considerations When Using the l979-80 Reading/Literature Public Use Tapes: Data Analysis, Identification of Traits, and Construction of Scales from NAEP Items.
McGuire, Dennis P. – 1984
Efficient methods of using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data files are discussed. One error in the NAEP SPSS file is discussed, and another error (which may be system-dependent) is mentioned. In addition, purely mathematical methods are used to address the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Software, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education