Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

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The Personnel and Training Evaluation Program is administered by 35
military personnel and a contractor civilian staff of about 10 people.
One officer and an enlisted staff of expcricnccd technicians are
stationed at each training site to support the testing and evaluation
tasks. The bulk of the enlisted staff is at the Central Test Site in
Dam Neck, Virginia. The program has a broad .:hartcr of evaluation.
Evaluation requires facts. PTEP gathers its facts through examina-
tions, collection of persor.al training information, ship and equipment
operational history, and review of curricula with their supporting
material. Examinations are the primary source of data.
~0 separate types of examinations are administered by PTEP. One
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measures the knowledge of an individual against knowledge required of
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him by the Training Path System. Fhis is called a(System Achievement
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Test, or SAT. The ocher type of examination measures the performance
of a course against its Training Path System requirements. This is
called a Course Achievement Test or CAT. examination
content is based on PPP items and 1s prescribed by
the Training Path System.
Course Achievement Tests
Course Achievement Tests are desigr.ed to measur, both the performance
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of an individual in a coarse and the performance of the course against
its prescribed content. The instructor does not see the test until
it is time to administer it and so has no opportunity to "teach" the
test. Standardization of training between sites can also be measured