It is legal to compare an applicant's scores only to members of his or her own racial subgroup and set separate passing or cutoff scores for each subgroup.

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This practice, known as "race norming," was once used in some employment discrimination lawsuits to adjust scores based on a candidate's race, but it has been prohibited by federal law since the 1990 Civil Rights Act. It is now illegal to use race norming in any employment context. All applicants must be evaluated using the same standards and criteria regardless of their race or ethnicity.

It Is Legal to Compare an Applicant's Scores Only to Members