In its recent ruling in the Ricci v. DeStefano case, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that the firefighters' promotional exams developed for the City of New Haven, Connecticut, by I/O Solutions, Inc., were fair, valid, and non-discriminatory.
The case, which became an issue in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor, dealt with the question of whether the exam was discriminatory against minorities and whether its results should be discarded by the City of New Haven. In its ruling, the Court noted that the exam was "painstakingly developed to test relevant material" and that the city could not discard the results of a valid test simply because it didn't like the results.
"The Court affirmed a basic tenet of test development: that validity is the primary objective of a testing process," said Chad Legel, I/O Solutions' president. "The work we did for the City of New Haven, and that we do for all of our clients, resulted in well-developed, valid tools that are able to predict who will succeed on the job without disparate impact on minorities."
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