Technology-Enhanced Assessment of Talent

Chapter Fifteen

IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTS

Successes and Lessons Learned

Mike Fetzer, Tracy Kantrowitz

Organizations receive more applications for job opportunities than ever, and as a result, the identification of cost- and time-efficient processes to help determine top applicants for critical positions is of paramount importance. Pre-employment testing effectively identifies applicants who are well suited to positions, but recent economic conditions have forced organizations to slot testing earlier in the hiring process to help reduce the more time- and resource-intensive phases of hiring. As a result, unproctored (unsupervised) Internet testing (UIT) has emerged as mode of administration that brings multiple advantages to organizations, ...