Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB): Item, Overlength and Operational Length Development of Forms 18 and 19

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Abstract:

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery ASVAB is a multiple aptitude test battery composed of 10 subtests that is used by each of the armed services to select and classify enlisted personnel. The purpose of this effort was to develop four new ASVAB forms for administration in the high schools as part of the Student Testing Program STP. The STP serves to provide test results that can be used to identify individuals who are interested in the military and who meet enlistment qualification standards and serves as a counseling tool to aid students in pursuing careers. Keywords Armed services vocational aptitude battery Equipercentile equating Parallel test Test development.

Author(s):
Curran, Linda T. ; Palmer, Pamela
Author Organization(s):
PERFORMANCE METRICS INC SAN ANTONIO TX
Descriptive Note:
Final technical rept. Jun 1984-Jul 1989
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA218649
Pagination:
0034

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFHRL-TP-89-74
Contract/Grant Number(s):
F41689-84-D-0002
Task Number(s):
18
Project Number(s):
7719
Monitor Series:
TP-89-74, AFHRL
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_5.6.1_Assess Compliance with Guidance; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_1.4.2_Health Service Delivery; JCA_5.5.3_Establish Metrics; JCA_5.5_Direct
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*RECRUITING, *APTITUDE TESTS, STUDENTS, TOOLS, ENLISTED PERSONNEL, COUNSELING, TEST AND EVALUATION, QUALIFICATIONS, STANDARDS, SCHOOLS, CAREERS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Psychology, Military Forces and Organizations
Keyword(s):
ASVAB(ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY), PE62703F, WUAFHRL77191840
Report Date:
1990 Feb 01