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Letters Retaking the Test ETS would like to provide some clarifications to information provid- ed in the "Testing, 1… 2…" article that appeared in the March/April issue of BizEd. According to the article, the company's standardized tests "offer limited benchmarking and customization options." In fact, ETS does offer institutions a chance to add up to 50 of their own ques- tions to its Major Field Test (MFT); it also gives schools the opportunity to compare their programs with reference groups of their choosing from more than 600 institutions and 132,000 examinees. The article also suggested that the MFT is normed every semester. In fact, it is only re-normed every three or four years to reflect changes in content. The MFT scores are statisti- cally equated across different versions of the test to ensure that an institu- tion can meaningfully compare results from any two points in time. The MFT reports norm-referenced scaled scores that are comparable over time, in addition to the percentile rankings over the population. Finally, the article said that the "MFT doesn't identify individual areas of weakness." An MFT test is not long enough to report statisti- cally reliable subdiscipline results at the individual level. However, the MFT does report subdiscipline results at the group level, and an institution can use these outcomes assessments to make improvements in the curriculum. Kathi Perlove MFT Product Manager Educational Testing Service Princeton, New Jersey ■ z AQ Faculty Solutions Qualified doctoral faculty are closer than you think. If you are faced with the challenge of recruiting and retaining AQ faculty, a solution is here. AACSB-endorsed Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Programs prepare doctorates from fields such as economics, engineering, math, psychology, sociology, and statistics for business school faculty positions. Graduates earn the same five-year qualification of a business doctorate, and your school gains the AQ faculty it needs. If you have faculty positions to fill, consider hiring a graduate from one of the five Post-Doctoral Bridge Programs. Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Programs University of Florida Grenoble Ecole de Management University of Toledo Tulane University Virginia Tech To view graduates' resumes and availability, visit online today. www.aacsb.edu/bridgetobusiness 8 BizEd JULY/AUGUST 2010