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California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This report is intended to assist those agencies considering using California's Corrections Officer Examination as a tool for selecting personnel. It is intended to provide agencies with guidance in setting test cutoff scores rather than an exhaustive discussion of all of the factors that must be considered before setting cutoff scores for actual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cutting Scores, Occupational Tests
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This package consists of an information booklet for job candidates preparing to take California's Corrections Officer Examination and a user's manual intended for those who will administer the examination. The candidate information booklet provides background information about the development of the Corrections Officer Examination, describes its…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cutting Scores, Occupational Tests
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This report is intended to assist those agencies considering using California's Probation Officer Examination as a tool for selecting personnel. It is intended to provide agencies with guidance in setting test cutoff scores rather than an exhaustive discussion of all of the factors that must be considered before setting cutoff scores for actual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cutting Scores, Occupational Tests
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This booklet provides information about the Juvenile Counselor Examination developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections program in California. The four sections of the booklet (1) review the nature and purpose of cutoff scores in general; (2) recommend and justify a…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Qualifications, Counselor Selection
California State Board of Corrections, Sacramento. – 1987
This package consists of an information booklet for job candidates preparing to take California's Probation Officer Examination and a user's manual intended for those who will administer the examination. The candidate information booklet provides background information about the development and validation of the Probation Officer Examination,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cutting Scores, Job Applicants
Download full textJensen, Arthur R. – 1972
Contrary to popular opinion, it is very difficult to find any objective evidence of culture bias that could account for social class and racial differences in performance on current standard tests of intelligence, even those like the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), which give the appearance of being highly culture-loaded. They may be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Influences, Educational Diagnosis, Factor Analysis
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1977
This technical report describes the procedures followed in developing the tests used in the California Assessment Program, the underlying principles of the program, the statistical characteristics of the tests, and the evidence that has been accumulated relating to the validity and reliability of the tests. The report also presents complete…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Testing
