Accession Number:

ADA063656

Title:

Prediction of Reading Grade Levels of Service Applicants from Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept. 1 Apr 1977-1 Aug 1978

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE HUMAN RESOURCES LAB BROOKS AFB TX

Personal Author(s):

• Mathews, John J.
• Valentine, Jr., Lonnie D.
• Sellman, Wayne S.

Report Date:

1978-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

The objectives of this study were to assess reading ability of military service applicants and accessions and to determine the relationship between ASVAB measures and reading scores. Data were collected at Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations. This report concerns 2,432 subjects given the Gates-MacGinitie reading test and a subsample given the Nelson-Denny reading test. The median reading grade level for service applicants was 9.0 based on Gates-MacGinitie and 9.5 based on Nelson-Denny. The median Gates-MacGinitie reading grade level of applicants who qualified for services was 10.2 compared to 5.7 for non-qualified applicants. The Armed Forces Qualification Test correlated .76 with the average of reading grade levels for the two reading tests. The ASVAB General Technical GT composite General Aptitude Index AI for Air Force correlated .79 with average reading grade level. It was recommended that GT be used as an index of reading grade level for service applicants.

Descriptors:

• *READING
• AIR FORCE PERSONNEL
• APTITUDE TESTS
• SKILLS
• PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE