d trades, which are based on a norm population of skilled trades in the construction industry.
One set of test score norms are provided in the BMCT manual for industrial employees (Hamilton & Dickinson, 1987, pp. 49-54). These test score norms are based on a norm population of skilled trades workers within an automobile manufacturing company. Two separate sets of test score norms are provided for students. The first set of student test score norms is for academic high schools students. These test score norms are based on a norm population of a high school located in a middle-class neighborhood of a large Midwestern city. The second set of student test score norms is for technical high school students. These test score norms are based on a norm population of a high school located in a culturally-disadvantaged neighborhood of a large Midwestern city, but whose students are drawn from the entire city.
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