TESTIMONY
Michael Tracy, FDNY Captain / Recording Secretary on the Uniformed Fire Officers Board, FDNY, on Band Scoring in Fire Department Promotional Exams
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FDNY Captain Michael Tracy criticizes band scoring and opaque grading practices in fire department promotional exams.
- Tracy argues that band scoring is not effective for life or death situations that are tested in fire department promotional exams.
- He expresses concern over the lack of transparency and insight into how FDNY lieutenant exams are graded, especially regarding the weighting of questions.
- Tracy references a response from a DCAS attorney regarding an incorrect weighting algorithm used in the current FDNY lieutenants exam, emphasizing the need for clarity and accountability.
- He highlights that many FDNY members have reported anomalies in exam scores, indicating a systemic issue with grading transparency.
- Tracy stresses the importance of his testimony to counter DCAS's prior statements and to bring unresolved issues to light.
Michael Tracy
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Thank you, and good afternoon.
0:55:12
My name is Michael Tracy, an FDNY captain, and I'm the according secretary on the uniformed fire officers board.
0:55:17
Thank you for the opportunity of addressing, and thank you for all the questions and for Decast for their testimony.
0:55:23
I had written testimony on a the band scoring issue, where I was basically just gonna say that Band scoring does not work for life or death situations such as fire department promotional exams.
0:55:37
Because of the differentials and exams, is essentially based on on people's preparation and knowledge of very important material that that saves lives.
0:55:47
But unfortunately, Decast raised something in their testimony that I have to speak.
0:55:52
Aside from the written testimony, they had said in response to a question from council member Menon's question about whether an incorrect weighting algorithm was used on the current FDNY lie lieutenants exam that's that's being promulgated.
0:56:09
And he the the attorney had said that it was because there there was an incorrect waiting used first, and then they addressed it with notice to all the people who had taken the exam.
0:56:23
He had gone on to say earth or he had said previously, that they using curves and weight and weighted algorithms was something that was standard used for for decast.
0:56:34
If there's any record of that used on previous FDNY promotional exams, we don't know that, that hasn't been used.
0:56:41
And it's important for me to get on the record that there is still an issue with how that exam is being weighted.
0:56:50
You know, many members on the list have said that there are people who who got below a 70 or who that that there were questions weighted differently, and we have had no transparency or or no insight into how that was graded at this point.
0:57:04
So there are many questions still remain.
0:57:06
I have to, you know, get that on the record and and I appreciate the time.
