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Testing And Assessment: An Employer's Guide To Good Practice

In today’s competitive marketplace and complex legal environment, employers face the challenge of attracting, developing, and retaining the best employees. Michael Eisner, CEO of the Disney Corporation, recognized the impact of personnel decisions on a business’ bottom-line when he remarked, “My inventory goes home every night.”

This guide is to help managers and human resource (HR) professionals use assessment practices that are the right choices for reaching their organizations’ HR goals. It conveys the essential concepts of employment testing in easy-to-understand terms so that managers and HR professionals can

Evaluate and select assessment tools/procedures that maximize chances for getting the right fit between jobs and employees
Administer and score assessment tools that are the most efficient and effective for their particular needs
Interpret assessment results in an accurate manner
Understand the professional and legal standards to be followed when conducting personnel assessment.

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Table of Contents

Chapters

Personnel Assessment

Understanding the Legal Context of Assessment—Employment Laws and Regulations with Implications for Assessment

Understanding Test Quality—Concepts of Reliability and Validity

Assessment Tools and Their Uses

How to Select Tests—Standards for Evaluating Tests

Administering Assessment Instruments

Using, Scoring, and Interpreting Assessment Instruments

Issues and Concerns with Assessment

Review—Principles of Assessment

Appendix

Sources of Additional Information on Personnel Assessment

Glossary of Assessment Terms

The Guide was designed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in 1999 to provide accurate and important information regarding testing as part of apersonnel assessment program. It gives general guidelines and must not be viewed as legal advice. Material in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced, fully or partially, without permission of the federal government. Source credit is requested but not required. Permission is required only to reproduce any copyrighted material contained herein.