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The North Carolina State Bar Watch Association, Inc. Is Diligently Monitoring The Fairness, Integrity and Reliability Of North Carolina's Skilled Trades and Professional Licensing Examination Practices StateBarWatch.Net is now the official Homepage of the North Carolina State Bar Watch Association, Inc. The North Carolina State Bar Watch Association is petitioning the North Carolina General Assembly to sponsor legislation that would require all Skilled Trades and Professional licensing examinations administered by state agencies to comply with Title VII employment testing standards. Under Title VII, state agencies would be required to demonstrate that their employment or licensing examinations were job-related and a business necessity. In addition to meeting Title VII employment testing standards, because of the "High Stakes" nature of many of the state's Skilled Trades and Professional licensing/employment examinations, state agencies would be required to record, and make available for public inspection, any measures they implemented to ensure the Content, Construction and Empirical validation of their licensing/employment examinations. Without standards and oversight, history has shown time and again, that such "High Stakes" testing has been intentionally manipulated and abused by state government agencies to bar the entry of women and minorities into skilled trades and professions. |

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