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Job Analysis for Lkensure and Certfication Exams: Science or Politics?
Author(s) -
Nelson David S.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1994.tb00447.x
Subject(s) - licensure , certification , politics , political science , public administration , public policy , public relations , psychology , sociology , law
How might empirical j o b analysis give the appearance of science to a flawed public policy? How do “political” factors have an impact on the development of licensure tests? What are areas for future research and for improvement of prevailing practices in licensure and certification testingy?