Blog

Growth scale values (GSVs) have gained traction as a more precise option for measuring outcomes in clinical trials.

Addressing misinformation and promoting evidence-based understanding

If you attended the 2024 ADHD Virtual Summit, you likely watched the ADHD Evidence Project Presentation by Dr. Stephen Faraone. Dr. Faraone is clinical psychologist, professor in the Department of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and President of the World Federation of ADHD.

With the proliferation of AI-driven recruiting software, it may seem that candidate screening is becoming easier than ever. But, for specialized employee populations — security cleared personnel, police and public safety officers, critical infrastructure employees and more — finding quality candidates can’t be solved with technology alone.

Some specialized labor pools are extremely small, like cleared employees. Other security-focused jobs are physically demanding and dangerous. These types of roles can present mental health challenges due to their high-stress nature. As a result, organizations across government and the private sector are struggling to recruit new workers.

Fortunately, there are tools available to HR departments and staffing agencies tasked with finding employees for high-security positions. Personality, behavioral and cognitive assessments complement existing screening tools and interviews, and they help identify potential employees with the personality traits needed for success in high-pressure or security-cleared roles. 

“High-security jobs inherently require a high level of stress management, adaptability and personal integrity in a candidate,” says Patrick Moran, Pearson’s director of sales for government and public safety. “Personality measures capture these and other key aspects of a person’s presentation of themselves in these unique workplace settings.”

Assessments can improve the recruitment process for high-security candidates in a number of important ways, including:

Educators know literacy development is a complex process that goes beyond decoding words on a page. While assessments are essential to ensure students get the interventions they need, educators might find additional holistic support in a surprising element — through helping develop social-emotional skills.

Let's take a closer look at how social-emotional learning (SEL) can support literacy development and improve student outcomes.

Concerns about youth mental health have reached crisis levels – in one recent survey, 20% of Canadians between the ages of 12 and 25 reported experiencing poor or bad mental health conditions. As society aims to combat this crisis, educators play a critical role in identifying signs of mental distress in the school community.

MPQ coauthors John Kamp, PhD, and Martin Sellbom, PhD, answer some frequently asked questions about the newly published Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ).