Technical Report - International Military Testing Association

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To mention one more forthcoming approach, the “Performance Check Test”
concept may offer a practical aad logically 8&nd way of effectively
measuring motor skills in tho8e occ’upational apeclaltiea for vhich such
measure8 are important and for which the motor skills meet the required
criteria.
Haking what Dr. Edgerton identified a8 genuine change8 in testing
obviouely will require much effort, ingenuity, and a fortuitous concourtit
of circumstances. .
T &us confident that at leaet 8ome of the profe88ional 8taff fras
each of the military services and in other research agencier will
� ggreeeivaly pursue any inrightr that may be stimulated by these 8ympo8ia.
We have much at 8takC and many of the 8aae problem8 in coamon a8 indicated
both by Hr. Johnson’8 mmxnary analysi8 and cauparf8on of the programs
of each agency and by your answer8 to the program planning qutstionnairer.
These tend to emphasize the coaxson lnterert in exploring wnyr of obtaining
marked increase in the percentage of overlap between job factorc and
the evaluation8 of enlieted ptrronatl. You relectcd a8 tha theme for
this conference, “Xncrea8ing the tleaauring Efficiency of Evaluation
Instrumento.” Your rerponse8 to the program planning questionnaire8 indicate
that, regardlee of the current emphasis in the evaluation program
of the five services, an inwcdiatt goal of each service 18 the objective
eValUatlon of as many significant factor8 iu Currtnt job Mattry a8 ie
practical. For all uae8 of the respective programr., apprairing the
Current ltvtl of total job proficiency is importsnt. Por promotion8, the
ft.ture level of job proficiency is the important intermediate criterion.
Of course, for all of the servicer the ultimte crittr1c.i is vhather or
not we win any military action and, for the individual enlisted man, is
hov well he function8 in hi8 a8signtd job during such action.
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