INTEGRITY TESTS - FACTS AND UNRESOLVED ISSUES

This article describes two independent reports, recently completed by the American Psychological Association (APA) and the US. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, that examined many scientific and measurement issues concerning integrity testing (e.g., validity, criterion relevance). Background data are offered on a variety of tests collected by a survey of test publishers, providing a view, of the industry's scope (e.g., test audience, user screening, score reporting) not available elsewhere. In the light of APA's Ethical Principles for Psychologists and Code of Conduct (APA, 1992), unresolved concerns are addressed that have a wide range of implications.for the profession of psychology, the testing industry, and public policy (e.g., cutting scores, user screening and training, and test marketing practices).