THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - UK Treasury Abandons Numeracy and Verbal Reasoning Tests to Boost Diversity.
The Treasury of the United Kingdom abandoned numeracy tests for new applicants in order to boost diversity following the death of George Floyd, according to a new report.
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the United Kingdom’s economic ministry phased out numeracy tests for new applicants in an effort to boost diversity in the department. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: His Majesty’s (HM) Treasury, the United Kingdom’s ministry for the economy and finance, ditched its Numerical Reasoning Test (NRT) following evidence that it was reducing the diversity of new hires. The NRT was abandoned in 2020 following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The NRT was designed to filter applicants by mathematical ability to ensure they were qualified to work in the department. In 2023, after a larger number of candidates were allowed to advance through the…Open