The Use of Tests in Educational Licensing, Employment, and Promotion.

Ebel, Robert L.

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Use of Tests in Educational Licensing, Employment, and Promotion

Ebel, Robert L.

Education and Urban Society, 8, 1, 19-32, Nov 75

Surveys the needs for effective teachers and discusses how tests meet those needs, arguing that differences in test achievement attained by minority applicants need not be attributed to genetic differences, nor should differences in test achievement necessarily be attributed to bias in the tests. (JM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Employment Practices, Minority Groups, Teacher Certification, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Employment, Teacher Promotion, Test Bias, Test Validity, Testing Problems

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