Testing People Fairly

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Testing People Fairly
The Best Practice Handbook
'Fairness' and 'best practice' lie at the heart of the most effective assessment procedures. Test users and organisations have a responsibility to ensure that the assessments they use and the procedures they implement are both ethically and legally sound, as well as practical.
Drawing together all the guidelines and recommendations governing test use Testing People Fairly guides the reader through each of the key stages of the assessment process. The author combines clear, straightforward explanations with practical examples and relevant case studies which will not only enhance your assessment processes but also ensure that you comply with the correct regulations.
Among the many issues covered, this book explains:
• why organisations need fairness in testing
• what is meant by 'best practice' and what it involves for managers and test users
• how to create an ethical testing culture.
The down-to-earth, easy-to-read style of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Testing People Fairly
The Best Practice Handbook
'Fairness' and 'best practice' lie at the heart of the most effective assessment procedures. Test users and organisations have a responsibility to ensure that the assessments they use and the procedures they implement are both ethically and legally sound, as well as practical.
Drawing together all the guidelines and recommendations governing test use Testing People Fairly guides the reader through each of the key stages of the assessment process. The author combines clear, straightforward explanations with practical examples and relevant case studies which will not only enhance your assessment processes but also ensure that you comply with the correct regulations.
Among the many issues covered, this book explains:
• why organisations need fairness in testing
• what is meant by 'best practice' and what it involves for managers and test users
• how to create an ethical testing culture.
The down-to-earth, easy-to-read style of this handbook makes it equally suitable for first time test users, more experienced assessors or anyone who has a responsibility for:
• recruitment and selection • quality control
• equality and equity • workplace standards
• career development • training and development.
Testing People Fairly provides for test users a route through the maze that is employment law. It is what every occupational test user has been waiting for.' Wendy Lord, Author and Independent Consultant.
Sue l\/lathews has spent most of her professional life in Personnel and /Vianagement Training and is IVIanaging Director of Training by Design a Human Resource Consultancy. Her previous publications cover equal opportunities, stress, the training and development process, and mentoring.
ISBN 0-7006-0122-8

9780700601226 Vissza