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GENERAL CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 7-8

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... But simply computerizing the existing GATB does not appear to be a reasonable investment, given the more basic problems that warrant in-depth attention. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The 1991 Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act afford employers and governmental agencies a challenge to engage in joint research, share research findings, and generally mount a concerted effort to study alternative selection procedures with higher predictive validity and less adverse impact than the GATB.
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... in order to build stronger bridges within and across federal agencies, the Department of Labor should consider taking the lead in working with private-sector employers, in particular, to assist them in understanding the limitations of the GATB and the potential utility of alternative selection methods available, even in the near term. Finally, we recommend that the department not view the GATB improvement project as a single, one-time effort; rather, it should conceptualize the program as part of a long-term and sustained effort involving development, experimentation, and validation of a variety of approaches to employment testing and selection.
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