def METHOD_NAME(resultsdir):
    """
    Retrieves the job test references from the results directory.
    """
    recorded_references = _retrieve(resultsdir, TEST_REFERENCES_FILENAME)
    if recorded_references is None:
        return None
    with open(recorded_references, "r", encoding="utf-8") as references_file:
        return ast.literal_eval(references_file.read())