PFIAB REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87M00539R000300320003-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 26, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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If we take another look at possible cultural
biases of the PATB, DDCI suggests you consider tapping
(see attached). Thanx,
Date 18 September 1985
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26 August 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Executive Director
Deputy Director for Science and Technolog
ie Programs and Budget Division, Planning
and Resources Staff, DS&T
SUBJECT: PFIAB Report on Intelligence Recruitment and
Training
1. I read with great interest the PFIAB Project Report on
Intelligence Recruitment and Training prepared by Paul Seabury.
2. I was particularly impressed by the section of the
report that addressed the Agency's extensive reliance on the
Professional Aptitude Testing Battery (PATB) in the selection
of potential candidates. Although the report focuses primarily
on the recruitment of CT candidates, many employees have been
concerned with the part played by the PATB in the high failure
rate of minority professional applicants--mostly black--who
seek Agency employment. It has long been my contention that
the "model" against which results of the PATB are measured is
so old that it might possess cultural bias as it relates to
black applicants.
3. If you agree with the report's recommendation and
create an independent panel of experts, properly cleared, to
evaluate the PATB; I suggest you consider nlacinQ
on the panel. I lis
eminently qua i ie to participate in a PATB review, to'
determine how it might be improved, address the usefulness and
limitations of the PATB for recruitment purposes, and also
determine, in fact, if the PATB does offer a bias to minority
applicants.
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