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Weber, Margaret B. – 1980
Some of the technical issues associated with legislation to regulate testing and one alternative to test scores in the admissions and student selection process are discussed. Technical issues that must be addressed in order to accommodate full and public disclosure include equating, test administration, scoring, and score reporting. The need to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
Peer reviewedGottfredson, Linda S. – American Psychologist, 1994
Focuses on score adjustment by racial or ethnic group (race norming) in employment testing, and provides a history of the original controversy. The author analyzes race-based adjustments in test scores and discusses how personnel-selection science is being compromised in an effort to reconcile contradictory legal demands. (GLR)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
