This page contains references used throughout the POST Entry Level Test Battery Frequently Asked Questions.

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Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. (June 1984) Report on Reading and Writing Standards. POST Commission agenda item.

Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. (July 1990) Reading and Writing Testing. POST Commission agenda item.

Dyer, W. G. & Honey, R. A. (1992) Longitudinal study of the POST entry-level test battery. Sacramento: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

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Goodman, K. S. ed. (1968) The psycholinguistic nature of the reading process. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

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Honey, R. A. & Kohls, J. W. (1981) Entry-level reading and writing tests for California law enforcement: Final Report. Sacramento: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Honey, R. A. & Kohls, J. W. (1981) Entry-level reading and writing tests for California law enforcement: Final Report. Sacramento: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Kohls, J. W., Berner, J. G., & Luke, L. K. (1979) California entry-level law enforcement officer job analysis. Sacramento: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

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Norborg, J. M., & Kohls, J. W. (1983) A report on the job-relatedness of the POST basic course. Sacramento: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Potter, T. C. (June 1968) A taxonomy of cloze research, Part 1. Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research & Development.

Singer, H. (1969) Theoretical models of reading. Journal of Communication, 19, 134-156.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Civil Service Commission, Department of Justice and Department of Labor (1978). Uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures. Washington, D.C.