Validation of Measures for Predicting Leader Development and Assessment Course Performance
Abstract
The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program is an essential source for U.S. Army commissioned officers. In early 2007, the U.S. Army Cadet Command (USACC) requested that the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) initiate research to develop and validate a non-cognitive measure to complement USACCs existing process to award four-year ROTC scholarships to those applicants who are most likely to complete to become commissioned officers. Therefore, ARI developed the Cadet Background and Experience Form (CBEF) to predict the continuance of four-year ROTC scholarship applicants in pre-commissioning programs. This report examines validity evidence for a version of the CBEF that was administered at the Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) in the summer of 2010 (i.e., the CBEF L1). The CBEF L1 was validated against several performance criteria, including: (a) USACC cadet national order of merit list (OML) scores, (b) LDAC performance metrics, (c) cumulative college grade point average (GPA), and (d) Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) scores. Although the CBEF was initially designed to predict cadet disenrollment, analyses show that the CBEF was a valid predictor of performance criteria, thereby further supporting its utility in the four-year ROTC scholarship award process. Validity evidence is also presented for leadership-oriented CBEF biodata scales, and additional non-cognitive predictors. The report provides recommendations for revising and refining CBEF.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1080161
Entities
People
- Dan J. Putka
- Laurie E Wasko
- Peter J. Legree
- Robert N. Kilcullen
Organizations
- Human Resources Research Organization