Card 11
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You need to hire a Pilot. You ask candidates to write a 500-page essay on "The History of Aviation." One candidate gets an A+. Should you hire them?
💭 How to Think About This
Just because something is specific (History of Aviation) and hard (500 pages) doesn't mean it is useful. This represents the concept of Predictive Validity: Does the test actually predict the job?
Is this a good test?
🤔 Which thinking lens(es) did you use?
Select all the lenses you used:
👨👩👧 For Parents & Teachers
🌱 Everyday Tests
Kid: "I got an A on the spelling test!"
Parent: "That's great! But can you use the words in a sentence?"
Kid: "No, I just memorized the letters."
Parent: "Then the test didn't measure 'Writing'. It measured 'Memory'."