Predicting supervisory ratings versus promotional progress in test validation studies

Abstract

Two test validation studies are described in which performance-over-time (promotional progress) yielded significantly higher correlations with ability test predictors than did supervisory ratings of present performance. The point is made that although supervisor ratings are used as the performance criterion in the great majority of validation studies, performance-over-time, as represented in promotional progress, may often provide a more reliable and valid criterion measure of job performance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)