Page 21 - Hiring Best Practices

Testing Issues

 Employment tests that measure cognitive ability skills are

controversial because they often result in adverse impact on

protected-class members

 State and local governments have found themselves mired in

controversy over paper-and-pencil tests and adverse impact

 Why are tests used?

 Organizations that need to distinguish among a large pool of applicants

must develop formal, objective methods of screening, grouping, and

selecting applicants.