Psychometric testing

Psychometric testing     9/9/2013

        So…………our education department is going to give a psychometric test to applicants as a requirement to qualify /disqualify for entry into the teaching profession.   Well……m……..en …………..eng………I  really don’t view it positively.  The psychometric test is only suitable for reference, definitely not as one of the tools to select applicants.  It is likely to be abused if it is placed in the wrong hand.

        I don’t trust the psychometric test as much as I don’t trust psycho medicine prescribed by the psychiatrist.   A human being can be simple as well as complex.  A psychometric test may be administered as a procedure like an X-ray for entry but definitely should never be used as a tool to qualify /disqualify an applicant.  Otherwise, I am afraid, this technical skill can really kill.

        I don’t know what 40 questions are so formulated / designed to test an applicant.   I wonder what criteria are considered.  A dog pow-bow; a cat meow-meow;  a cow moo-moo; a goat mie-mie; a donkey hee-haw;………………….are different.  If “pow-bow” sound is the prerequisite sound for entry that means other sounds are all out.  The variety and variation will be left out.   We human beings are more or less the same in many ways but are also uniquely different.   It is  multi-specieses in every kingdom, be it human,  flora / fauna.    I believe  in [Unity in diversity] (Baha 'ullah, the Baha'i founder).  

        I really don’t trust psychometric test much.  I would rather think the test on the general knowledge, common sense, beliefs, interest in reading widely, a strong desire for knowledge,  positive thinking and exposure.   You may also ask candidates to write what they think about a specific topic related to education.