> Judah wrote: > Anyway, right or wrong, the test did have a disparate impact on the > promotion of minority candidates. > and Congress was quite explicit in its intentions. The Supreme Court > took a rather activist approach and overturned Congress' intent and > rewrote the law themselves.
Yup, and it was a close vote and it still says nothing about the neutrality of the test. Take an IQ test: most people assume that it measures "intelligence", but what kind? If an Einstein genius walked out of the jungle, learned to read and write, and then took the test would it be neutral measure of their intelligence? No way. They'd probably score worse than 8th graders. My wife teaches people how to ace the GMAT; the average boost is 100+ points. How? Technique. The techniques are based on culture from which the test was designed. Therefore Judah's right: the bias of the test is most easily seen in the outcome. Anybody ever try to do the crazy math they teach in schools nowadays? I can guarantee you I'd flag one of those tests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300587 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
