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Professional Standards & Testing

As part of our commitment to excellence, SHL ensures that all its products are rigorously tested and conform to international testing standards.

The following conference papers discuss the importance of test quality.

 

02 Dec 02
Bartram D, BPS Occupational Psychology Conference 2002
Presents the results of research on a novel set of ability tests developed for use in a Further Education environment. They impose no time limit on the test taker, but make use of item latency norming as an index of mental efficiency.

01 Dec 02
Bartram D, BPS Occupational Psychology Conference 2002
Provides a review of various developments and initiatives, especially in Europe, that are taking place in relation to test standards and test user qualification.

In addition, senior members of SHL staff hold positions of responsibility in all major professional industry bodies

To provide guidance and advice to the SHL Group, the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) brings together some of the best minds in occupational psychology and psychometric assessment, to provide independent advice and guidance to the SHL Group. It ensures that SHL is well positioned to influence and to capitalise on advances in psychology and remains at the forefront of applying the latest science to objective assessment in the workplace.

The members of the SAB are:

  • Professor Dave Bartram Research Director, SHL
  • Eugene Burke Director of Product Innovation, SHL
  • Professor Ronald Hambleton University of Massachusetts, USA
  • Professor Robert Roe University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • Professor Peter Warr University of Sheffield, UK

[Read the SAB news release].