Research on the Cadet Background and Experience Form to Support Army ROTC Personnel Assessment (2019-2020)
Abstract
This report covers research conducted in 2019-2020 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 of this research program 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, including Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), Grade Point Average (GPA), Outcome Metrics Score (OMS), and disenrollment, in both samples. These results are consistent with the findings of previous large-scale longitudinal validation analyses and are discussed in context of the current samples and previous research efforts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1148110
Entities
People
- Angela Lee
- Christopher R. Graves
- Jennifer P. Green
- Mark C. Young
- Martin C. Yu
- Nicholas Howald
- Peter J. Legree
- Robert N. Kilcullen
- Timothy C. Burgoyne
Organizations
- Human Resources Research Organization
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences