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The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits.
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Warden
2011-03-14 00:24:47 UTC
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DAYTON -- The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for
recruits.
It's a move required by the U.S. Department of Justice after it says not
enough African-Americans passed the exam.
Is the test skewed to benefit whites?
How, like asking which C&W song was #1?
Are the schools discriminating against blacks?
How?
Is the black population aleady too low in Ohio so there there are few
candidates?
Do the Dayton police have a history of racism against blacks?
Non starter. The test doesn't know who is who.
Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The
hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the
original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which
administers the test.
Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of
the exam and a 72% on part two.
The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police
officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That's the equivalent of an 'F' and a 'D'.
No it isn't.
You may be right It looks more like an "F" and an "F"
Applying letter grades to tests that are not intended to be graded
that way is stupidity. Did you earn an F on your income taxes because
you only paid 15%?
But they are graded.
Applying letter grades to tests that are not intended to be graded
THAT WAY is stupidity.
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Ray Fischer         |  Mendacracy (n.) government by lying
DAYTON -- The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for
recruits.
It's a move required by the U.S. Department of Justice after it says not
enough African-Americans passed the exam.
Is the test skewed to benefit whites?
How, like asking which C&W song was #1?
Are the schools discriminating against blacks?
How?
Is the black population aleady too low in Ohio so there there are few
candidates?
Do the Dayton police have a history of racism against blacks?
Non starter. The test doesn't know who is who.
Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The
hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the
original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which
administers the test.
Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of
the exam and a 72% on part two.
The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police
officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That's the equivalent of an 'F' and a 'D'.
No it isn't.
You may be right It looks more like an "F" and an "F"
Applying letter grades to tests that are not intended to be graded
that way is stupidity. Did you earn an F on your income taxes because
you only paid 15%?
But they are graded.
Applying letter grades to tests that are not intended to be graded
THAT WAY is stupidity.
--
Ray Fischer | Mendacracy (n.) government by lying
Your opinion and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee. It's may be of
value to you, but that's about it.
The obvious point escaped you. Such low scores should be failing (F)
scores in a PD entrance exam. It was meant figuratively, BUT you knew
that.
Ray Fischer
2011-03-14 01:37:30 UTC
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Post by Warden
Applying letter grades to tests that are not intended to be graded
that way is stupidity. Did you earn an F on your income taxes because
you only paid 15%?
But they are graded.
Applying letter grades to tests that are not intended to be graded
THAT WAY is stupidity.
Your opinion and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee.
Back at you.
Post by Warden
The obvious point escaped you. Such low scores should be failing (F)
What's a "low score", idiot? If the test is designed so that the best
scores are in the 50% range then why should everybody be failed?

Oh, right, you're still a child and you think that all tests are
tailored to the abilities of the test takers. You haven't yet learned
that some tests are designed so that even the best don't get all the
answers right.
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Ray Fischer | Mendacracy (n.) government by lying
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