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to develop materials to the best level of deta.il pos.sible,
then returned to another SP~E pa.nel ior cr i t i 17~~. Use Elf SMEs
from al 1 three PlK 86 FC C-schools ensured that al 1 of the
5 i t e s wou 1 d have i n p u t i n t o the test development process.
. Tryout was conducted on actual equipment to be used i n
testing. Final SkjE review arId i tern ret’ i nement fol 1 C@Jed the
tryout , and preceded the field test.
Verification Of Tasks Selected For Testinq
The first-term MK St; GFCS FC is ful 1:~ trained WI onl>
one of the subsystems. , and al though he I: the rating is closed
to women> may work on the other subsystem, he is I7 0 t
qua1 i f i ed on i t through training or experience. Because of
th i s.$ a single set of tasks could not be used; separate test
i terns had to be deuel aped for each subspec i al tr.
The first step in the development process was to verify
the task 1 i st, Panels of PlK 86 GFCS SPlEs convened at the
three MK 85 GFCS C-School reviewed the 1 ist, and suggested
subst i tutes for tas.ks found unsu i tab1 e. Each task w a 5
evaluated as to i ts appropriateness for hands-on tes.t i ng,
according t 0 the f 01 1 CIW i ng cr i t er i a : (1 > represen tat i vr’ness
of t h e f irst-termer’s j ob (2) mission cr i t i cal i tr; 1; .‘3 >
frequence o f performance C4:, suff i c i en t v a r i a b i 1 i t y i n
performa.nce) and, (51 practical i t:2’ for t e s t i n g a t t t-l e
C-school si tes. In addi t ion, the SklEs. were asked to consider
the need for comprehens i ue task coverage, and equ i val en t
test diff icul ties for the two NECs.
The SPl&=G provided detai led informat ion on the 7 test
i terns far eaih test. Specific .:.utltas.k:. were conf i rmed for
each major task, al ong I.‘.J i t h specific f 5. u 1 t s for t l-l e
di agnost i c and trout,1 eshoot i rig i terns., Addi t i onal t 9 c h rl i c 3. 1
documen tat i on was prov i dqd for use i I-I deve 1 op i ng scar i ng
shee t s for procedural i zed t a s k c. * The test tasks L’.J e r 8
sequenced to provide the smoothest and quickest pos.sible
progressi art through the tes.t , and equ i pmen t requ i remen ts
were verified and refined. The i nformat i on gathered enabl ed
the test development team to begin writing draft test items,
and to prepare for the first SHE panel.
i kf ter t h e f i n a 1 SI-1 E r e v i e w t h e nf orma t i on a n d
revisions were incorporated into dra>t test i terns. P 1 a 1-1 5.
were made for trying out the test i tems on a smal 1 s.ampl * caf
first-term PlK S6 GFCS FCs.
Test Item Tryout
Four f i rE.t-trrm HK ;3& C;FC:S FC:S, c.tat ioned o n sh i DC. a t
Norf 01 k, VA, served as tes.t subjects. TI~JO were da. t a FCs I:PAEC
1125’) and two radar I/..JEC 1 12sj . The equ i pment used for the
tryout was the Darn N e c k I-1K SA GFC!S trai n i ng s:;~*stem, IaJh i ch
includes a full se t 0 f ac tu.31 equ i pmen t e q u i v 3.1 e n t t 0 t h e
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