Employment Testing and Incentives To Learn.

Autor/in	Bishop, John
Institution	State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell Univ.
Titel	Employment Testing and Incentives To Learn.
Quelle	(1988), (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Achievement Tests; Employment Qualifications; Incentives; Job Applicants; Job Performance; Labor Market; Learning Motivation; Measures (Individuals); Motivation Techniques; Occupational Tests; Personnel Selection; Predictive Measurement; Vocational Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Anreiz; Bewerber; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Messdaten; Motivationsförderung; Berufseignungsprüfung; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung
Abstract	Employment tests predict job performance because they measure or are correlated with a large set of malleable developed abilities, which are causally related to productivity. Our economy currently under-rewards the achievements that are measured by these tests. Consequently, economic incentives to study hard in high school are minimal, and this absence of incentives has contributed to the low levels of achievement in mathematics and science. Alternative measures of academic achievement include: (1) diplomas; (2) competency profiles; (3) hiring based on high school grades; (4) job tryout and promotions based on performance; (5) job knowledge tests; (6) intelligence tests; and (7) broad spectrum achievement tests. To maximize incentive efforts, students, parents, and teachers must be aware that local employers are using tests for selection and must know what kind of material is included on these tests. Employers should publicize their use of broad spectrum achievement tests. Greater use by employers of tests measuring competence in reading, writing, mathematics, and problem solving will inevitably increase the economic rewards for having such abilities. Two tables and one bar graph complement the text. A 43-item list of references is provided. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01