Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

?hc first Hasc1ir.e ;nve;rtory was xailed to A’. ?L students early
in the year prior to the time ttey reported to the College. The
inventory was scored and returned to students is “Feedback.” Addi-
t ional Iv :!K i.1culty was p rovidcd with pertinent data as a group result
cjf ti;t* ir.vcnrory to obtcir. 1 (‘i;;ss profile.
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. r;e re are sc~~.~crai rcco ;sizea shortcomisgs of the Sssel ine Lnventor1
izscruxbzt. Lath al-e :aiated ro tI7a fat: that :!IE ins:runent ts a
self-invenrory-- the individuni assesses his own leveis of skill in
areas as deflncd by the instrument. WE can assume that some individuals
will intentionally oversta:c their own capabilitles. We can assume
T.iSO ttls: SOrne indivlciuais will zisintcrpre: or no: fully comprehend
the impiica:ions f-f ttie area descripticns. These possibilities are
1>,>rze in lind when intcrprct:nx .GivlduaJ profiles. tiowever, for
.iy,~if2i',iltr prOfilL?aS* the .L,ortcom:xfis a r e Less sl ct’icant l~eca:~sc
.:rror.s occur in both direct ions; e.g., so:e indivluuals will understat
ir,tentjo:ally their oxn ab,lltIes. The variatioxs also provide the coach
with one indicator of tSe stcdent’s seif-concept.
Fur:hcr . while we have thus far (for purposes of illustratioc)
discussec t;lL 3a;eline inventory is a sfagle instrcment, we shouid,
in reaiity, consider it as serres of reiated data collection. tests
and sur;eys . Initially, we beEan with the 8zse:ine inventory designed
aro;;nd currlcuiun objectives. 2ver time, we wi>l substitute validated
and es t ~:lis;Aeti measureme;.: inscrcxen.cs Por portiox cf the Baseline