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Sherwood, O. Peter – Society, 1990
Examines the sources of legal policy challenged by critics of the Committee on the General Aptitude Test Battery report. Indicates solid legal precedent for "burden shifting" to the employer when employment practice adversely affects a protected class. Finds that critics attack what is simply a description of established social policy.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Blits, Jan H.; Gottfredson, Linda S. – Society, 1990
Describes the evolution of "race-norming," or "within-group scoring," the practice by which job candidates' scores on employment tests are reported relative to comparison groups of their own race or ethnicity. Contends that race-norming fosters group rather than individual rights and perpetuates the inequality it intends to…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)