Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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Perfonnsrnra Teat Construction
US Army Enlisted Evaluation Center
Having sntcbliahad the need for a performance teat, we must firat
gfve due conrideration to the objectives of all perfo-ncn teat-e. &r
prime objective is to measure the levels of proffcisncy Fn those critIca
skilla which are not measured adequately by estsblfshad written teaca.
Our Becondary objective ia to deattnifne If the oxamincae achieves (demonotrateo)
skilla which are important, or critical. to mfnfmal parformanca
on the tarkr of tha job. Thnt Fa to nay, we must identify motor (ccilnurl)
rkfIlo that are to be sampled by our parformrinca ta@t in chess categories:
firrt, thora skilla which are critical Fn dlatlngufrhiap different lavalo
oL job marcery; aacond, those vhtch or-6 eeaantial for accaptwblc performante
of the motor trek8 of the job, and finally, those skills which cannot
tanaon@bly be measured by written teats.
Our first step fo to identify which Job taut8 rdquiro thaern rkills
previously mantionad. Prom such A very cmprobcnefva study of the job
tarkb we ~111 be able to pinpoint the actual test trsk. Think of the teet
task a8 our roed F&p which tall8 ua how to get to where we P~Q going.
To a~~ure that our analyrfa is complete end accurate, we ur? the
tack analysir method. Thie cormonly entails the crccompllrhmtnt of a form
utillxlng fivn columpa. Tha hsgdtngo for those colunne are: (1) ACTIVfZP
STEPS (what the worker actually doca); (2) PilOCEPURPI (how the taskr muat
be done); ;3) CAFE AKD USE OF ‘MATERIEL (the toolo and tqufpaent with which
the tmekr are done); (4) SAFETY AND SPECLAL PR!XAUTIU?-JS: and (5) COXUlSIoNs
(reeultr of havfng done these tarks, or work samples). Performance tc8ts 5re
ured for several purpoosn. Providing a criterion measure Fr one goal for
performance testing in tha anied 8CrviCcO. The UIIQ of the task analysis
method ir the beat assurance we have for achieving this goal.
Once thir a~lysir bar been completad, v4 are in a position that
� nablea US to ~QO the whole picture. Hence, we can more readily identify
critical pointr such aa, not measurable, not a ratable point, or to
label A point a8 vary critical. Actually, the taok anslysLa (S~Q prefer
“vork uamplr”) bacomca :he OOUTCQ of items, ratable points, for 0p.r
chxperimsntal inatrumant. -Further, thir analyrir qrortly aide o u r aelection
of the correct type of test inotrument. Will ft be a final product,
a procQII, or even a ccmbinatfon of product and.p ocerr test?
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