Go IT Services' Job Applicant Assessment System

April 19, 2009

Psychologists that worked with Go IT Services on the Texas Youth Commission Job Applicant Assessment project present their project research at national conference.

On Saturday, April 4, Dr. Gloria Pereira and Dr. Lauren Salomon presented research from their project with Go IT Services for the Texas Youth Commission at the annual conference for Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology in New Orleans.  The research focused on perceptions of test fairness.  Specifically, they looked at the extent to which test type, ethnicity, and job level may affect perceptions of test fairness, and whether test fairness predicts test motivation and test performance.  The presentations attracted the interest of many other psychologists who were also interested in exploring the relationships between characteristics of people, the tests they take, and the outcomes of those tests.

Traci Clarke