A particular form of test score banding, in which bands are based on the reliability of the test and in which selection within bands takes into account criteria that are likely to enhance workforce diversity, has been proposed as an alternative to the traditional top‐down (rank‐order) hiring systems, but it has been hotly debated among both scientists and practitioners. In a question‐and‐answer format, this article presents three different viewpoints (proponents, critics, and neutral observers) on the scientific, legal, and practical issues. The article also attempts to seek some consensus among experts on this controversial procedure.
This research attempts to understand further the influence of information processing characteristics of raters on the appraisal process The effect of the level of selective attention ability of raters on the accuracy of ratings was examined in two studies. A group-administered measure of field dependence-independence was used to divide raters into high and low selectivity levels In Study 1, 288 psychology undergraduates rated four vignettes of instructors by either direct inspection or from memory In Study 2, 71 management undergraduates rated the vignettes. The memory manipulation significantly influenced rating accuracy In both studies, raters high in selectivity provided significantly more accurate appraisals than did raters low in selectivity. Implications and generahzabihty are discussed
Methods of adjusting group differences in assessment and test scores are described, classified, and evaluated. The adjustments are classified on the basis of (a) the type of adjusted difference, (b) the method of adjustment, and (c) the purpose of the adjustment. Adjustments used to improve the social fairness of outcomes either could not be fully evaluated or were inconsistent with the underlying fairness model. Adjustments designed to reduce score bias, in the technical sense, could be meaningful and internally consistent only if the observed group difference could be related to constructs targeted by the assessment procedure.
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