When Bulloch County public schools start hiring new teachers for the 2013-14 school year, those applicants will have an extra step their peers in previous years have not.After discussing the idea during the past few meetings, the school board on Thursday approved, by a 6-2 margin, granting three one-year contracts to Gallup TeacherInsight Assessment. This is an online test, which takes about 45 minutes, that all teacher applicants in districts using the program have to take to be considered for an interview.Kevin Judy, the school system’s assistant superintendent for human resources, said the program costs about $18,000 a year, a price that is based on the district’s enrollment. He said the three one-year contracts — a total of $54,000 — would give the district flexibility to opt out sooner if it found the program wasn’t working as hoped.According to Gallup’s website, https://gx.gallup.com/teacherinsight.gx, the online assessment asks multiple-choice questions designed to measure teacher applicants’ talent — and, therefore, potential for success in the classroom — based on their answers.“TeacherInsight is fair because all applicants are asked exactly the same questions and they are evaluated exactly the same way,” the website says.