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The Collegiate Learning Assessment : setting standards for performance at a college or university / / Chaitra M. Hardison, Anna-Marie Vilamovska
| The Collegiate Learning Assessment : setting standards for performance at a college or university / / Chaitra M. Hardison, Anna-Marie Vilamovska |
| Autore | Hardison Chaitra M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (123 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.1/66 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | VilamovskaAnna-Marie |
| Collana | Technical Report |
| Soggetto topico |
Collegiate Learning Assessment
Universities and colleges - Standards - United States |
| ISBN |
1-282-39857-1
9786612398575 0-8330-4897-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; PREFACE; CONTENTS; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; THE COLLEGIATE LEARNING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT; 2. BACKGROUND ON STANDARD SETTING; STANDARD-SETTING TECHNIQUES; EVALUATING STANDARD-SETTING METHODOLOGIES; 3. STANDARD-SETTING STUDY METHOD; PARTICIPANTS; MATERIALS; PROCEDURE; 4. STANDARD-SETTING STUDY RESULTS; WAS THERE CONSISTENCY ACROSS INDIVIDUALS IN WHERE THEYPLACED THE CUT POINTS?; WAS THERE GENERALLY MORE OR LESS AGREEMENT ACROSS INDIVIDUALS ON ONE OF THE THREE CUT POINTS THAN ON THE OTHER TWO?
WAS THERE MORE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS ON SOME PTs THAN ON OTHERS?DID THE CONSENSUS STEP TEND TO RAISE OR LOWER STANDARDS?; DID THE CONSENSUS STEP INCREASE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRESHMAN CUT POINTS AND SENIOR CUT POINTS ON THE SAME STANDARD?; DID THE CONSENSUS STEP BRING THE CUT POINTS CLOSER TOGETHER (REDUCE THE STANDARD DEVIATIONS)?; WAS THERE CONSISTENCY ACROSS TASKS ON THE AVERAGE CUT POINTS?; WAS THERE CONSISTENCY ACROSS PANELS ON WHERE THEY PLACED THE CUT POINTS FOR A GIVEN TASK?; WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRESHMAN AND SENIOR GROUP CONSENSUS STANDARDS CONSISTENT ACROSS PTs? DID THE SORTING STEP INDICATE THE PANELISTS COULD APPLY THEIRGROUP CONSENSUS STANDARDS TO A NEW BATCH OF ANSWERS?5. STANDARD-SETTING STUDY CONCLUSIONS; 6. SUMMARY AND NOTES OF CAUTION; APPENDICES; A. SAMPLE PERFORMANCE TASK SCREEN SHOTS: CRIME; B. LOW-, MID-, AND HIGH-LEVEL CRIME RESPONSES; C. QUESTIONNAIRE ITEM AND SCALE MEANS AND STANDARDDEVIATIONS; D. INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP STANDARD-SETTING RESULTS; E. SORTING RESULTS; F. FEEDBACK FORM MEANS AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; REFERENCES |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219983303321 |
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| Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Recommendations for improving the recruiting and hiring of Los Angeles firefighters / / Chaitra M. Hardison [and ten others]
| Recommendations for improving the recruiting and hiring of Los Angeles firefighters / / Chaitra M. Hardison [and ten others] |
| Autore | Hardison Chaitra M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.37068/3 |
| Soggetto topico | Fire fighters - Recruiting - California - Los Angeles |
| ISBN | 0-8330-8841-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Scope and Limitations of This Report; Time Constraints; The City's Recent Changes; Objectives Guiding the Project; Identify Applicants Most Likely to Be Successful Firefighters; Ensure Equal Opportunity Throughout the Hiring Process; Increase the Demographic Diversity of New Firefighter Hires; Minimize Costs for the City of Los Angeles and Its Applicants; Study Approach; Drawing on Existing Expertise and Past Research
Exploratory Interviews to Understand Stakeholder Perspectives Review of Existing Documentation and Informational Interviews on Recruiting and Selection Processes; Job Incumbent Focus Groups to Confirm and Identify New Key Duties, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics for Firefighter Service; Data Analyses to Examine Disparate Impact of the 2013 Selection Process; Organization of This Report; CHAPTER TWO: Firefighter Recruitment and Outreach Strategies; A Framework for Understanding Recruitment; Firefighter Recruiting Practices; Key Comments on Recruiting from the Interviews The Emphasis Should Be on Finding Highly Qualified Candidates, Not Merely on Increasing the Quantity of Candidates CHAPTER THREE: The 2013 Firefighter Selection Process; Notification Cards; Step 1: Preliminary Background Application; Step 2: Describing the Minimum Requirements; Step 3: Written Test; Test of Reading Comprehension, Arithmetic, and Mechanical Aptitude; Test Development; Step 4: Candidate Physical Ability Test; Step 5: Oral Interview; Job Interview with a Firefighter and Interview Specialist; Step 6: Background Investigation and Preliminary Investigative Questionnaire Collection of Preliminary Background Information Using Applicant-Provided Information Step 7: Initial Panel Review; Two Fire Captains Review the Candidate's Initial Background Application Package; Step 8: Field Investigation; In-Depth Background Check; Step 9: Final Panel Review; Repeat of Initial Panel Review with Corroborated Information; Step 10: Medical and Psychological Evaluations; Certification; CHAPTER FOUR: Statistical Analysis of the Selection Process; Data; Reduction of Applicants in the Selection Process; The Selection Process's Impact on Minorities Caution in Interpreting These Estimates Is Warranted CHAPTER FIVE: Recommendations; Overview of Recommendations as They Relate to the Objectives; Objective 1: Identify Applicants Most Likely to Be Successful Firefighters; Objective 2: Ensure Equal Opportunity Throughout the Hiring Process; Objective 3: Increase the Demographic Diversity of New Firefighter Hires; Objective 4: Minimize Costs for the City of Los Angeles and Its Applicants; Overarching Recommendations Targeting the Four Objectives; Start a New Citywide Outreach and Recruiting Campaign for the LAFD Validate Selection Criteria by Establishing Relationships to KSAOs Required to Be an Effective Firefighter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220091103321 |
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| Santa Monica, California : , : RAND Corporation, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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