Westside Elementary School Received a Number of Applications for a Teaching

question 31

Multiple Choice

Westside Elementary School received a number of applications for a teaching position. The school wants to increase the diversity of its staff, who are mostly white females. The top two applicants were both white females, but a Hispanic female and an African-American male were almost ranked as highly, with all four showing very close scores. The school decided to hire the Hispanic female. They were making their selection decision based on

• A) banding.
• B) alternate-form reliability.
• C) construct validity.
• D) screening.
• E) discriminatory testing.