Prediction of Reading Grade Levels of Service Applicants from Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to assess reading ability of military service applicants and accessions and to determine the relationship between ASVAB measures and reading scores. Data were collected at Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations. This report concerns 2,432 subjects given the Gates-MacGinitie reading test and a subsample given the Nelson-Denny reading test. The median reading grade level for service applicants was 9.0 based on Gates-MacGinitie and 9.5 based on Nelson-Denny. The median Gates-MacGinitie reading grade level of applicants who qualified for services was 10.2 compared to 5.7 for non-qualified applicants. The Armed Forces Qualification Test correlated .76 with the average of reading grade levels for the two reading tests. The ASVAB General Technical (GT) composite (General Aptitude Index (AI) for Air Force) correlated .79 with average reading grade level. It was recommended that GT be used as an index of reading grade level for service applicants.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA063656
Entities
People
- John J. Mathews
- Lonnie D. Valentine Jr.
- Wayne S. Sellman
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory