Accession Number:

AD0412776

Title:

PERFORMANCE TESTING: TESTING FOR WHAT IS REAL,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LABS WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Foley,John P.

Report Date:

1963-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

It is generally conceded that performane ex aminations are superior to written examinations for the measurement of job behaviors required of Air Force specialists and technicians. How ever, performance examinations, both in school and on-the-job, are time consuming in ieeir development and in their administration. Written examinations have, therefore, been substituted in many cases for performance examinations. This memorandum presents the difficulties in volved in developing and administering performance examinations, the dangers of depending on written examinations as substitutes for perform ance examinations, and the fact that there is a lact of research information on the valid substitution of written for performance exami nations. It proposes developmental research with a view of simplifying performance examina tion procedures and establishing valid guide lines as to the scope of written examinations in measuring job behaviors. It, also, makes some recomdnndations concerning immediate action that can be taken to improve the validity of current technical training examination procedures. Author

Descriptors:

• *PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE