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Valtera is involved in a consortium project for the development and validation of selection tests for clerical/administrative, customer service and sales job families.
The goal of the study is to create a diverse set of web-based assessments that are easily administered and scored via computer. Once completed, companies will be able to review the entire set of tests by job family and select those tests that best complement their culture and staffing environment.
In addition to validating tests for jobs in these three families, the research will establish a transportability process wherein tests valid for one job may be used for other jobs with similar requirements.
Requirements
To participate, you must have employees in these job families who can take tests as part of the validation effort. Their supervisors must be willing to complete experimental performance measures. In addition, both employees and supervisors must be willing to participate in job analysis activities.
Your participation is rewarded.
Valtera offers consortium members the benefit of our test development and validation services at no charge. Most importantly, your company receives discounted pricing for job-relevant selection tools that identify capable employees and meet legal and professional guidelines.
Following the study, consortium members may also choose to purchase the created tests at discounted prices, to improve the employee selection process within their organizations.
The benefits to participants in the study include:
- No development cost
- Reduced employee participation requirements
- No consulting fees
- Test material discounts
How does the consortium project work?
Valtera has defined preliminary tasks and skill requirements for the three job families. Experimental tests and performance measures have also been developed.
The next step of our development process is the collection of job data, test information and performance information from individuals in the target job families and their supervisors.
Participating companies choose which job families they want to include, which tests they wish to use and how many employees they want to participate. Valtera will work with each company to design an appropriate sampling plan and to define the minimum number of employees required.
Each participating company will collect its own data during a window that will last approximately 6 months. Once the data is collected, Valtera will begin an analyses process of approximately 3 months. The online tests will be made available for use in selecting applicants approximately 9 months after data collection begins.
As our partners in this research, we ask representatives of participating companies to:
- Coordinate their research plan with Valtera.
- Communicate details of the study to key stakeholders.
- Assist in sample selection.
- Arrange for testing stations and computer equipment.
- Conduct data-gathering sessions with employees and their supervisors.
In turn, Valtera will:
- Develop the job analysis questionnaire, test battery and experimental performance measure.
- Develop the computer software to deliver materials.
- Develop the training materials for company coordinators.
- Develop sample communication materials.
- Assist in the selection of a sample of current employees to take the tests.
- Serve as a resource to company coordinators during the data collection phase.
- Analyze the data.
- Provide a written technical report.
Once consortium members are identified, a final timeline will be determined.
What is involved in the validity study?
The development and validation process includes six basic steps:
- Analysis of job requirements
- Development of tests
- Development of performance measures
- Administration of tests and performance measures
- Analysis of data
- Reporting
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