POST reading & writing test validation research
By: John Weiner
Contributors: California. Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Standards and Evaluations Services Bureau
Publisher: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Sacramento, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Ability testing; Police training; Reading; Evaluation; Law enforcement; Writing
Other titles: POST reading and writing test validation research
Description: This report describes the methodology and results of that research pertaining to the Reading & Writing Test Battery, along with a ten-year retrospective study of Reading & Writing Test score predictions of students' performance in the basic academy. An overview of previous POST Reading & Writing Test validation research is also presented, along with a brief description of cumulative job analytic and empirical validity evidence for verbal ability tests in predicting performance in law enforcement occupations.
Notes: "November 1994."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-104)
Table of contents: title: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training; title: Preface / Norman C. Boehm; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Method; title: Analysis and results; title: Summary and conclusions; title: References; title: Appendix A. Scoring procedure for the ready & writing test battery; title: Appendix B. Essay test instructions and scoring procedure; title: Appendix C. Basic academy report writing instructor rating booklet : end of writing instruction evaluation; title: Appendix D. Basic academy success/failure data collection form and coding instructions; title: Appendix E. FTO rating booklet : final evaluation; title: Appendix F. Field training success/failure data collection instructions and coding sheet; title: Appendix G. Multiple regression analyses : reading & writing test scores predicting basic training and field training performance; title: Appendix H. Empirical expectancy tables :  reading & writing test scores predicting academy graduation vs. failure/withdrawal for academic reasons - 1987 study.