Accession Number:

ADA063010

Title:

An Information Processing Approach to Performance Assessment.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 16 Nov 77-30 Nov 78,

Corporate Author:

AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Rose,Andrew M.

Report Date:

1978-11-30

Pagination or Media Count:

52.0

Abstract:

This report summarizes two and one-half years of research concerned with an attempt to apply the theories and methods of laboratory-based studies of human cognitive performance to the area of performance assessment. The primary rationale developed through an ongoing series of experiments Rose and Fernandes, 1977 Fernandes and Rose, 1978 Allen, Rose, and Kramer, 1978 is that individuals can potentially be characterized in terms of parameters derived from models of selected information processing tasks. If these parameters can be demonstrated to meet standard test-item criteria, then a test battery comprised of such measures would not only be potentially predictive of performance on a wide variety of real-world tasks but would also be firmly based in theory. Such a test battery would represent a significant advance over standard personnel assessment instruments it would promote increased understanding of the cognitive operations involved in any criterion task shown to be related to constructs in the test battery.

Descriptors:

• *PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• *INFORMATION PROCESSING
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• DECISION MAKING
• PERFORMANCE TESTS
• PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE