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Examining the Test: an Evaluation of the Police Standard Entrance Test. INSTITUTION Scottish Council for Research in Education DOCUMENT RESUME ED 415 249 TM 027 914 AUTHOR Wilson, Valerie; Glissov, Peter; Somekh, Bridget TITLE Examining the Test: An Evaluation of the Police Standard Entrance Test. INSTITUTION Scottish Council for Research in Education. SPONS AGENCY Scottish Office Education and Industry Dept., Edinburgh. ISBN ISBN-0-7480-5554-1 ISSN ISSN-0950-2254 PUB DATE 1996-00-00 NOTE 104p. AVAILABLE FROM HMSO Bookshop, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9AZ; Scotland, United Kingdom (5 British pounds). PUB TYPE Reports Evaluative (142) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Employment Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Job Skills; Minority Groups; *Occupational Tests; *Police; Test Bias; *Test Interpretation; Test Use; *Testing Problems IDENTIFIERS *Scotland ABSTRACT In June 1995, the Scottish Council for Research in Education began a 5-month study of the Standard Entrance Examination (SET) to the police in Scotland. The first phase was an analysis of existing recruitment and selection statistics from the eight Scottish police forces. Phase Two was a study of two police forces using a case study methodology: Identified issues were then circulated using the Delphi approach to all eight forces. There was a consensus that both society and the police are changing, and that disparate functional maps of a police officer's job have been developed. It was generally recognized that recruitment and selection are important, but time-consuming, aspects of police activity. Wide variations were found in practices across the eight forces, including the use of differential pass marks for the SET. Independent assessors have identified anomalies in the test indicating that it is both ambiguous and outdated in part, with differences in the readability of different versions that compromises comparability. Proportionately more women and ethnic minority candidates experience difficulty with the SET, and proportionately more white male candidates are eliminated following background inquiry or for "other reasons" than other groups. Both the insufficient number of applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds and their disproportionately higher failure rate on the SET need to be addressed. Recommendations for improving the construction and use of the SET are offered. Seventeen appendixes present supplemental information about the SET and the study. (Contains five figures and nine tables.) 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Cheques should be made payable to HMSO Books and addressed to: HMSO Bookshop 71 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH3 9AZ Tel: 0131-228-4181 Fax: 0131-229-2734 The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and do not necessarily represent those of the Department or the Secretary of State for Scotland. © Crown Copyright 1996 Limited extracts from the text may be produced provided the source is acknowledged. For more extensive reproduction, please write to the Chief Research Officer at the Central Research Unit, St Andrew's House, Edinburgh EH1 3DG. Acknowledgements We wish to acknowledge the help and co-operation of a number of people: members of the Advisory Group, who provided insights into the working of the police service in Scotland; police forces, which provided us with information, and police officers, who agreed either to be interviewed individually or participated in the focus group meetings. We hope that we have fairly represented the views of all who participated in the evaluation process. ov Contents List of Tables and Figures i List of Appendices ii Summary in 1. Introduction and research outline 1 2. Aims of the research 2 3. The research in context 2 4. The Police Standard Entrance Test (SET) 6 5. Emerging issues 8 6. SET as a test instrument 9 7. Survey 13 8. A functional map of the police constable 20 9. Equal Opportunities: Women and ethnic minorities 31 10. Recruitment Pathway 38 11. Conclusions and implications 43 Appendices 50 References 84 0 List of Tables and Figures Table 1: An overview of a selection of previous studies of police officers 3 Table 2: Textual differences between the three versions of the SET 12 Table 3: Readability of SET Forms 1-3 13 Table 4: Sample of SET Candidates 1992-1994 14 Table 5: Number of candidates by ethnic background 15 Table 6: Pass/fail rates and appointments by educational achievement level 16 Table 7: The SCRE functional map of police work 21 Table 8: Headings and main categories used in five studies (in chronological order) 23 Table 9: Candidates failing the SET as a proportion of all candidates who failed in one force 34 Figure 1: The educational level of female and male candidates (Percent) 16 Figure 2: Fail/Pass rates for female and male candidates (Percent) 17 Figure 3: Number of candidates by test scores achieved 17 Figure 4: Proportion of candidates in one force over the period, 1992- 94 34 Figure 5: Proposed revised recruitment pathway 45 7 List of Appendices Appendix 1: Preliminary interview schedule 50 Appendix 2: Instructions for SET assessors 52 Appendix 3: Flesch reading ease index 53 Appendix 4: Analysis of topics in SET 54 Appendix 5: Survey data collection sheet 55 Appendix 6: Test scores on the four sections of the SET 56 Appendix 7: Sample of recruitment paths 60 Appendix 8: Basic entry requirements 65 Appendix 9: Sample interview aid form 66 Appendix 10: Behavioural event interview schedule 67 Appendix 11: Functional map for police constables 70 Appendix 12: Qualitative data collected 76 Appendix 13: Focus group topic guide 77 Appendix 14: Recruitment hurdles in one force 79 Appendix 15: SET scores for female and male candidates 80 Appendix 16: Delphi questionnaire form 81 Appendix 17: Structure of probationary period 83 ii Examining the Test: An Evaluation of the Police Standard Entrance Test Summary Introduction In June 1995 the Scottish Council for Research in Education began a five month study of the Standard Entrance Examination to the police in Scotland. The project was funded by The Scottish Office. The research comprised two phases: Phase 1: an analysis of extant recruitment and selection statistics from the eight police forces. Phase 2:a study of two police forces utilising a case study methodology. Additionally, emerging issues were circulated, Delphi-style, to all eight forces in order to validate the findings. The research had two principal outcomes: an interim report, summarising statistical fmdings, presented in September; a final report, detailing our findings in respect of both phases. Conclusions The main fmdings and conclusions to emerge from the evaluation are as follows: Context: agreement that both society and policing are changing disparate functional maps of a police officer's job have been developed general agreement that policing is demanding recognition of the relationship between job competences and context, viz.
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