Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

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'Tllis is a battery of measures designed to describe!for students,
di*vciopmcntal coaches, faculty, and the Army the skfllJ, abilities,
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and characteristics of the senfor army officer at a point in tine just
before he enters the lzs: anl ili.giISt echelon of fcrmai executive
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acvf~opaect, the i~S.hKC. 2:e student must be given e fairly comprehen-
sive ;;icture of his owir. skills, abi'iities, and characteristics. If
ire is to be encouraged to develop himself proiessionally and personally,
he needs at least R qtiasi-rstionai basis for determining which areas
to work on; and in the interests of attenuating anxiety, the student
needs to know how he stands in skiils, abilities, and characteristics
in reiation to his student con:cmporaries.
A second an~illnry rat ionrlc for the baseline Inventory relates
ciircctiy to t!le sta:cd goal of "tailoring"
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the educational experience
:o fit' tile iniividual studesit. The 3aseLine /inventory provides, in
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cssencc, a recoxaissance Of :ha incoming ciass and of its individual
members. The reconnaissance permits--assuming a reasonable degree of
pedagogical flexibility--adjustments in the ;Irriculum to meet the
measured needs of the :iass, or a,f specific indlviduals. In tiie p.ahe
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