Rater training is important for various human resource activities. The proposed symposium highlights contemporary research on rater training in different arenas such as performance appraisal, job interviews, and foreign language testing. New and emerging trends in rater training research and practice will also be discussed.

Despite Landy and Farr’s (1980) highly influential call for a moratorium on rating format research over 30 years ago, recent research continues to show that rating format design can influence rating quality. This symposium brings together a group of scholars who will share their research and expertise on this topic.

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This diploma work focuses on Adaptation of Czech Language Leaving Examination for the Deaf, which deaf student in Czech republic pass as a part of the their Leaving Examination. As a background of this main theme examines also present situation in the research of reading literacy. In the main part of this work is this examination presented in detail and there are also presented the results of deaf students and some other statisticts information. Examples of test units and student's written works are attached too. The other part of this work describes examinations of Czech language as a foreign language and give some detail information about the most important exams. In conclusion, the author of this work is trying to explore the way how the deaf students language skills in other countries are examined in their Leaving Examination.