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Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1973
The unit provides an introduction to employment service testing for supervisors, interviewers, and employer relations personnel who need a basic knowledge of testing but who do not need to be test technicians. It may also be used as an introductory course for test examiners and counselors. The first part of the guide is an orientation to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Employment Services, Occupational Tests, Supervisory Training
Holmes, Susan E. – 1985
Open testing and test disclosure legislation has fostered a renewed interest in the problems and issues associated with test equating. This paper focuses on a specific application of test equating, that of professional and occupational testing for certification and licensure. Test equating is the process of making test scores from different forms…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1993
Because of concerns about the validity of tests used in education and employment, a consultation on June 16, 1989, focused on tests of ability, achievement, and other skills. Invited experts were asked to address a set of issues common to both education and employment testing, primarily related to test construction procedures and how to establish…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Educational Testing