Achievement tests are necessary for evaluating student mastery and growth. Yet achievement data as the sole determinant of student success can unintentionally leave some children behind. As a former ...

Standardized tests reflect little of what you have learned. Rather, they reveal how well you test. Students who test well have advantages over those who have average or low test-taking ability. The ...

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Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $20 million and to stop using a physical abilities test at its grocery distribution centers that was alleged to have had a disparate impact on women seeking jobs as order ...

A study by psychologists Phillip Ackerman, Ph.D., of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Anna Cianciolo, Ph.D., of Yale University, suggests that testing for job or task content, not complexity, ...

Are you ready for the ultimate cognitive ability test?Inspired by the WISC® - the kid-friendly version of the WAIS® ...

To land a job at CSX Transportation Inc. meant in some instances a test of strength: upper arms and lower body power, a three-minute aerobic capacity test and “arm endurance.” Physical tests for jobs ...