Research on the Cadet Background and Experience Form to Support Army ROTC Personnel Assessment : 2018-2019
Abstract
This report covers research conducted in 2018-2019 for the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences that extends an ongoing program of research initiated in 2007. The initial goal was to develop a new non-cognitive measure, the Cadet Background and Experience Form (CBEF), to help inform the award of ROTC four-year scholarships. The operational CBEF continues to be valid for this purpose. This report describes the administration and analysis of CBEF data collected from four-year scholarship applicants and Cadets at the ROTC Advanced Camp. The evidence in these samples suggests that the CBEF is predictive of key outcomes (e.g., Army Physical Fitness Test [APFT], Grade Point Average [GPA], Outcome Metrics Score [OMS]) in both samples, but demonstrates weaker relationships with disenrollment for the 2017 applicant cohort and the 2018 Advanced Camp cohort than have been evidenced in previous large-scale longitudinal validation analyses and evidenced in subsequent evaluations. These patterns as well as others are discussed in context of the current samples and previous research efforts. The appendices of this report additionally report on two special projects, including a long-term validity analysis using an Officer Candidate School (OCS) sample and also a content development effort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1109745
Entities
People
- Mark C. Young
- Sean Baldwin
Organizations
- Human Resources Research Organization