PEER Report #256

FOLLOW-UP REVIEW OF THE 1989 ANALYSIS OF THE STATE’S CLERICAL SKILLS TEST ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S RESPONSE TO STATE PERSONNEL BOARD PROCEDURES, November 20, 1990, 18 pages

The PEER Committee’s 1989 Review of the State’s Clerical Skills Test Administration and the Department of Health’s Response to State Personnel Board Procedures contained six recommendations designed to strengthen the state’s clerical skills test administration procedures and to prevent unqualified applicants from being certified as qualified. Three recommendations were directed to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission, one recommendation was addressed to the State Personnel Board, and the final two recommendations applied to the Department of Health.

PEER’s follow-up found that all of the recommendations proposed have been addressed by the appropriate agency; however, weaknesses still exist in each agency’s actions.

• MESC personnel should take greater care to ensure accuracy during their rescoring and monitoring efforts.
• The State Personnel Board should continue its monitoring on a more timely basis and re-emphasize the importance of the effort.
• The Department of Health should comply with its own procedures concerning performance appraisal.

For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.