In general, NCLB
a. improved the educational level in many states.
b. improved the educational level in some states.
c. did not have strong evidence that educational level was improved.
d. did not affect educational system.
According to the EEOC guidelines for criterion validity in statistical relationship,
a. no more than one in thirty relationships between selection procedure scores and criterion measures should happen by chance.
b. no more than one in twenty relationships between selection procedure scores and criterion measures should happen by chance.
c. no more than three in twenty relationships between selection procedure scores and criterion measures should happen by chance.
d. no more than one in ten relationships between selection procedure scores and criterion measures should happen by chance.
One of the most interesting issues with the four-fifths rule is that
a. most employers find it uninterpretable.
b. efforts to recruit minority group members reduce the percentage hired from that group.
c. typically less than four-fifths of the applicants for a given job are minorities.
d. numerous legal loopholes in the rule result in more discrimination than took place before its adoption.
In 1996, California passed ____, a measure that made the preferential treatment based on demographic characteristics illegal.
a. Initiative 200
b. Proposition 209
c. PL 94-142
d. Proposition 1200
The organization most responsible for getting the Educational Testing Service to revise some of their policies was the
a. EEQC.
b. FDA.
c. SDPD.
d. NYPIRG.
Which of the following is a key component of No Child Left Behind?
a. Teachers are required to provide copies of classroom tests for validation studies.
b. Tests of student progress are used to assess student progress and hold schools accountable.
c. If a school system mounts a legal challenge to NCLB, funding will be automatically withheld.
d. School systems across the nation must all use the same measures of student achievement.
The Easy Buy corporation uses a test of interpersonal skills to select employees. Experience indicates that 70 of women who score above a cutting score will be hired. Under the four-fifths rule, what percentage of men must be selected?
a. 14
b. 30
c. 56
d. 70
Section 9 of the 1991 Civil Rights Act
a. forbids sexual harassment in the workplace.
b. provided the four-fifths rule.
c. specifically prohibits discriminatory use of test scores.
d. explicitly prohibits the use of quotas.
The New York Truth in Testing Law was the result of an investigation of the
a. ETS.
b. NYPRIG.
c. EEOC.
d. APA.
One of the effects of the 1991 Civil Rights Act was that the burden of proof regarding psychological tests was placed on the
a. employer.
b. employee.
c. test developer.
d. ETS.
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