Policy Issues in Employment Testing
. Ed(S): Wing, Linda C.; Gifford, Bernard R.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Wing, Linda C.; Gifford, Bernard R. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 329 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Linda C. Wing and Bernard R. Gifford How should a society committed to the ideas of individual merit, equal opportunity, and the free marketplace allocate scarce educational and employment opportunities? How can that society draw distinctions fairly and justifiably-among people competing against each other for the same opportunity? These are among the central questions of a democracy. How a society answers them reveals a great deal about its values and its priorities, and determines a great deal about its future course. In recent decades, we have placed the standardized pencil-and-paper test at the center of these fundamental questions about the ... Read more
Linda C. Wing and Bernard R. Gifford How should a society committed to the ideas of individual merit, equal opportunity, and the free marketplace allocate scarce educational and employment opportunities? How can that society draw distinctions fairly and justifiably-among people competing against each other for the same opportunity? These are among the central questions of a democracy. How a society answers them reveals a great deal about its values and its priorities, and determines a great deal about its future course. In recent decades, we have placed the standardized pencil-and-paper test at the center of these fundamental questions about the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
Series
Evaluation in Education and Human Services
Number of Pages
329
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401049764
SKU
V9789401049764
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