What is a modal rating and are agencies required to notify the Office of Personnel Management of their modal rating and/or the basis used to determine this rating?
The modal rating is the summary level within a single pattern given most often as the latest rating of record to the employees in a specified group that is no smaller than the competitive area and no larger than the agency undergoing a reduction in force. It is important that the employees undergoing a reduction in force understand the basis used to determine the modal rating, but there is no requirement to notify the Office of Personnel Management of this information.
Related Questions
- In prior regulations, assumed ratings for reduction in force were used. Why did the Office of Personnel Management reduce the use of assumed ratings?
- Why doesn the Office of Personnel Management allow an agency to use Level 2 as the "pass" level in a program with two summary levels?
- Why does the Office of Personnel Management require higher-level management review of a Level 1 (Unacceptable) rating of record?
