The Practice of Multiple Assessments for National Examination: The Case of the Situational Test of Police Examination
Szu-Chien Wu*
Abstract
The use of multiple assessments is one of the key strategies to improve national examination. It is important to narrow the gap between examination and employment with the most popular assessment tool - pencil and paper test. The purpose of this article is to share experiences of the situational test of police examination. The situational test was initiated for new two-track police examination and has been implemented since 3 years ago. This article introduces the concept of situational test and its application for personnel selection. The article then reviews its policy background,
The use of multiple assessments is one of the key strategies to improve national examination. It is important to narrow the gap between examination and employment with the most popular assessment tool - pencil and paper test. The purpose of this article is to share experiences of the situational test of police examination. The situational test was initiated for new two-track police examination and has been implemented since 3 years ago. This article introduces the concept of situational test and its application for personnel selection. The article then reviews its policy background, the process of establishing test outline and the impact on police education system. Finally, based-on this practice example, several concrete suggestions for improving national examination are proposed.
Keywords: multiple assessment, police examination, situational test, learning transfer, job knowledge
* Assistant Professor, Dept. of Administration management, Central Police University.