Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

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Auditory Perception, or Radio Code test, at AFEES if he is applying for
training requiring radio code, or at reception stations, if he is not asking
for a commitment for these jobs.
The new ACB is also given to women applicants a: AFEES or by the
Mobile Exanining Teams. An AFWST, i.e. Armed Forces Womens Selection’
Test, score is also obtained from the ACB. No additional testing of wouen
applicants to deternine qualification is required. The new ACB is also
being readied for-use by reserve components and for retesting at posts, camps,
and stations throughout the world. Soon the entire dray will be switched
over to the new ACB. The Ilarines also are using the new At.3, but just as
wjith the Army, the transition is not yet comple:e.
Evaluation of the new ACB.
Gnc consideration in evaluating the new ACE was its effect on the flow
o:E marginal men, or those with low general ncntal ability. Prior to intro-
duction of the new battery, our research had shovn that fewer men with low
A!FQT scores would obtain qualifying nptiturlc area scores of 90 or better.
There was ‘SO~C concern that the effec:s would be serious enough to affect
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t:he manpower flow. Our argument was that the Amy has little difficulty
in recruiting men with low mental ability, and the experience since
1 May has borne us out. In July, when the ceiling on the number of men with
marginal mental ability was removed, over a third of the accessions were
in the marginal category,’ In August, the influx subsided, and the number
was’ more acceptable at just over 20 pcrccnt. Army policy in the past few
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years has been to hold the number of marginal accessions to somewhat under
20 percent, and that is about the number coming in.
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