Ability Testing: Uses, Consequences, and Controversies. Part II: Documentation Section

摘要

The report is not primarily an action document, though there are a number of recommendations; nor is it a highly technical study of mental measurement, written by and for psychometricians. It is, rather, a white paper - a document intended to describe accurately the theory and practice of testing; to illuminate competing interests in a balanced fashion; and, ultimately, to help those who make decisions with tests or about testing to reach better-informed judgments than is now the case. It is to those decision makers - judges, lawmakers and their staffs, educators, employers, personnel administrators and the testing industry - that the efforts have been aimed and to whom this report is addressed. Part II is a set of 11 signed papers. It is here that the interested reader will find a rich introduction to the case law, the research literature, and data sources.