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Another form of construct vdlidntion is avnilable through examination
of mission elements which arc activities thnt are used to design and evaluate
the performsnce of drgnni z3tional unit.
This presentation \*ill describe wo different kinds of modular cvaluation
devices -- sets of t3sks performed by individuals, rind sets of tasks
performed by, orgnnizntio1131 units.5
INDIVIDUAL PROFICIENCY TESTS
Every indiuidunl proficiency test and cvcry Arm)’ training test is
already divided into spccinl component sections \iith ycparutc scores. Before
going into detail ahout wh3t modular :omponcnt scores arc supposed to
?o and supposed to look like, it is necessary to describe wh3t thcsc cxisting
systems 3re like.
ENLISTEU PERSONNEL PERFORMAKE EVALUATION
This discussion .:hould’bc prcfaccd by noting that cvnlu3tion of the
pcrformnnce of enlisted pcrscrnncl is 3n import3nt responsihility of every
commissioned and senior noncommissioned officer in the Army. The rewards
and punishments 3ssoci:ltcd wit!1 such evaluations give commissioned and
noncommissioned officers the ncccssary control over enlisted personnel to
maintclin and improve cffcctivcncss. In addition to this important supertiisory
function, howcvcr . there 3rc 3 number of formal proficiency cvaluation
procedures for cnlistcd personnel thnt nre conducted by various
hcadqwrters. The most important of these, for purposes of this paper,
is the U.S. Am\- Enlisted Evnlwtion Ccntcr, located at Fort Benjamin
llarrison, Indianapolis, Indiana.
3 These developments :lre described in detail in Miller, R.B. A Titxonomic
Base for Future M;w:tigcncqt Infolm;ltion and Decision Systems: Thcorctical
Background to the tksign of IkIt\’ Modules; American Institutes for
Research, Kashington, 1b.C.) Technic31 Report AIR-23500-7/71-TR-2, July
1971. (U.S. Army Behavior rind Systems Research Laboratory, BURL Technical
Rescnrch Note, in preparation.) ; and Stephenson, R.N. (Amcricnn Institutes
for t;escnrch , h&hi ncron, D.C. ) A Tnxonomic Base for Future Management
Informntion and Decision Systems: A Common Languurtge for f&source rind
Requirement Pltinnlng;-KS. An!~y Behavior and Systems Rcsc3rch Laboratory,
Arlington, Vs., Technical Rcscnrch Note 244 (AD-757-794)) October, 1972.
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