From: mazorj@verizon.net   
      
   "WhoGivesAFig?"  wrote in message   
   news:59DHi.861$3C.444@newsfe05.lga...   
   > Before operational use of Air Traffic Selection And   
   > Training (AT-SAT) for hiring purposes, concerns were   
   > raised about differences in AT-SAT scores among protected   
   > groups (including but not limited to female and black   
   > group members.)    Consequently, FAA management met with   
   > representatives from these protected groups to solicit   
   > their input. The original passing score of 70 had been   
   > calibrated so that 62% of fully certified incumbent   
   > controllers would achieve an AT-SAT score equal to, or   
   > greater than, 70. The intent was to minimize FAA Academy   
   > and on-the-job training failures and to compensate for the   
   > need for ATCSs to perform potentially more difficult   
   > duties in the future (Waugh, 2001)."   
   >   
   > "After these concerns were raised and the representatives’   
   > comments were heard, FAA management directed AT-SAT   
   > researchers to explore the possibility of reducing   
   > potential adverse impact without unduly compromising the   
   > validity of the test. Additionally, management decided   
   > that most fully qualified incumbent FAA controllers should   
   > be able to pass FAA’s entry-level aptitude test . AT-SAT   
   > researchers were also asked to determine if reasonable   
   > changes could be made to AT-SAT to mitigate differences   
   > between groups without sacrificing validity as a predictor   
   > of ATCS job performance."   
      
   1.  Got a link to the source, NoneYa... uh... pardon me...   
   Figgy?  Forgive us if we don't always trust your sources.   
      
   2. What was the outcome?  Was anything acually implemented   
   to change hiring standards or was this just a standard   
   bureaucratic thumb-sucking exersise in navel gazing?  From   
   the language - "explore," "solicit input," "determine" -   
   that's about all you've documented here.   
      
   You apparently have learned, glasshoppah, not to lead with   
   your overt racist invectives, but that is hardly enough to   
   fool us.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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