I thought that kind of testing had been ruled discriminatory in Griggs v. Duke Power? (That was the Supreme Court decision that began today’s trend of companies requiring college degrees for every position, necessary or not...just to prove some level of education and/or competence.)
“I thought that kind of testing had been ruled discriminatory in Griggs v. Duke Power?”
I thought it was discriminatory simply because, according to my headhunter, they disproportionately screened out blacks. I suppose the companies are somewhat protected by the fact that, in all cases, you have to take the test before they ever see you. I don’t know the ins-and-outs of the law and, it’s possible, neither do the companies requiring the tests. Incidentally, the tests were all independently administered and scored by a third party company and they also never get to see or talk to the candidate.
Oh, and another possibility, the tests were just on basic language, math and reasoning skills. There were no cultural questions which could be claimed as biased because black culture does not emphasize or expose its members to the same type of material as whites.