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Download full textNathan, Barry R. – 1995
While most organizations rely on cutting scores to screen job applicants, little research and few accepted methods exist to help practitioners identify cutting scores that will be job-related. This paper describes how the Work Keys system job analysis process was used to provide job-related, content-valid cutting scores. Using job analysis results…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Cutting Scores, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), High School Students
Hater, John J. – 1992
Work Keys (occupational tests developed by American College Testing) could support an employer's human resource function in a number of ways: (1) communicating to educators the skill requirements for an employer's particular jobs on a national basis; (2) providing students with a realistic preview of skills needed for jobs and an assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Construct Validity, Content Validity
