Public Service Employment Regulations

Marginal note:Disclosure of standardized test

• 20 (1) The Commission shall not disclose a standardized test, or information concerning a standardized test, owned by an organization or the Commission or that is commercially available, if obtained in the course of an investigation under the Act, unless it can be disclosed, with or without conditions set by the Commission, in a manner that will not affect the validity or continued use of the standardized test or will not affect the results of such a test by giving an unfair advantage to any person.

• Marginal note:Standardized test

  (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), a standardized test is a systematic procedure for sampling an individual’s behaviour in order to assess job-relevant characteristics. The procedure is systematic in five areas: development, content, administration, scoring and communication of results. The content of the test is equivalent for all test-takers. The test is administered according to standard instructions and procedures and is scored according to a set protocol.