Trial court officials accidentally shred exams before they’re graded
It’s another setback for the agency’s efforts to create a fair hiring and promotion system.
The essay portion of an exam usually carries a lot of weight for the final grade. That is, unless it’s accidentally shredded before it could even be read.
Trial court officials admit that they accidentally shredded the exams given for promotions in the Probate and Family Court before they were graded, according to The Boston Globe.
This isn’t the agency’s first issue with their test-taking practices. The Globe reported that earlier this year, 55 percent of probation employees failed a promotion test, which called into question whether the test itself was flawed.
The 32 test-takers whose exams were shredded were notified by the trial court’s human resources manager that they would have to take the essay portion over again. Some weren’t too happy about that.
“We did what we were supposed to do. It’s not our fault you destroyed exams. It’s not fair,’’ one anonymous probation officer told the Globe.
Officers who had been promoted to assistant chiefs but failed the test earlier this year were also told they would return to their old jobs—and their old pay.
Read the full Globe story here.
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