From: doitboy@earthlink.net   
      
   John Mazor wrote:   
   > "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.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   Read this link   
      
   http://themainbang.typepad.com/blog/2007/09/in-memoriam-p-4.html   
      
   He explains it much better than me   
      
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