The use of assessments in companies today is a very common practice. Having assessment strategies and standards that guide companies in their assessment practices is not.

Examples of the frequent use of assessments in organizations today include:

Most companies today have or had a leadership competency framework in place. Popularized in the 1990s, competency frameworks defined the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAs) that were important to success in various roles and organizations. While there are debates about how “competency” is defined, depending upon which consulting firm might be defining it, there really should not be a debate. The most recognized and technically-sound definition of competencies is, as noted above, the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics important to success in various roles or organizations.

In our last article, titled, “Assessment Strategies and Standards: Ten Best Practices for Companies,” posted February 8, 2022, we discussed the following best practice: Ensure the validity and reliability of assessments used for employment decisions.

We noted the following about this best practice:

There are thousands of tests/assessments on the market today, and almost every test developer/publisher will say that their test is valid and reliable.