Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

with a Course Achievement Test. Few CAT's have been produced to date
primarily because the standardized courses they support have not been
in place. No meaningful analysis has been possible with the results.
System Achievement Tests
The greatest field of endeavor, and heart of the Personnel and Train-
ing Evaluation System from the testing point of view, is System
Achirvement Testing. The tests were implemented incrementally by NEC
over a period of 9 months, starting in August 1971. To date there have
been more than 4,000 administered. Each of the several tests in use
is designed to cover the full scope of the knowledge required for a
specific Navy Enlisted Classification. Content is determined using
the Personnel Proficiency Profiles, and the Training Path System.
The tests consist of two parts, a knowledge part consisting of from
180 to 360 multiple choice questions and a skill part whM uses a
paper work fault isolation technique which has been developed by the
Data-Design Laboratories. Depending on the NEC involved the tests
take 3 or 4 three hour testing sessions. Each of the testing sites
is connected by a data link w.ith a central computer complex. The
tests are scored, training recommended; and exam question information
stored for future analysis by the computer. Test results are returned
to the testing site by teletype. From the outset these SAT's have
proved to be a reliable indicator of individual knowledge. The
primary measure of test validity has been a comparison of test
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