ASVAB Validation: Interior Communications Electrician/Advanced Technical Field (IC/ATF) Rating

Abstract

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a joint-service battery used by the U.S. military services for enlistment selection and occupational classification decisions. All of the military services validate the ASVAB from time to time to ensure that the composites of ASVAB tests they use to classify their enlisted members to occupations are the most predictive of military performance, and that cut-scores are set to manage academically related training setbacks and failures. Navy Selection and Classification Office (OPNAV N-132G) has stood up a process to re-evaluate the ASVAB entry standards for enlisted accession programs and ratings, with the intent to revisit every rating on a recurring basis. This paper presents a summary of the updated analysis that was originally performed in 2020 for the Interior Communications Electrician/Advanced Technical Field(IC/ATF) rating. Another focus of the evaluation was to identify possible alternative entry standards to minimize adverse impact, that is, to open the qualification aperture such that promising individuals may qualify using alternative standards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 2022
Accession Number
AD1171024

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  • Susan I. Woodruff
  • Tom Blanco

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