Study of Score Distributions for Army Clerical Speed Test in Revised Format

The Army Clerical Speed Test of the Army Classification Battery was revised in the spring of 1966 to make it scorable on the Digitek Optical Scanner. In the revised forms, called ACS-5A and ACS-6A, the response format of the Number Reversal part of the test Part I was changed by making the response boxes vertical instead of horizontal to record his response, the individual makes a vertical line in the new form rather than a horizontal line as in the original format. The items remained identical and the sequence remained unaltered. Since the testis highly speeded, there was a question whether the mechanics of responding would affect the scores. Because of the similar score distributions found for the old and new ACS forms, no revision of the norms is required for the 5A and 6A forms. The decision was made to introduce the revised form operationally, and to use the norms that were published for the 3B and 4B forms.