Development of Job-Based Reading Tests

Abstract

This report describes the development, validation and standardization of three parallel forms of a short-multiple-choice test of job-related reading skills. The test was built to specifically measure skill in performing Army job reading tasks, i.e., skill at obtaining the information which a soldier needs to perform actual tasks by reading the Army printed material which is furnished to provide that job information. Each form of the test contains material representing the four types of Army job reading tasks identified in prior research (Locating Job Information in an Index, in Tables and Graphs, and in Narrative Descriptions; and Following Directions in Filling in Forms), and the reading passages were drawn equally from Army publications used in job training for six major, high-density MOS areas (Clerk, Combat, Communications, Cook, Mechanics, and Medical).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA123324

Entities

People

  • John G. Claudy
  • John S. Caylor

Organizations

  • American Institutes for Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Assembly
  • Classification
  • Data Analysis
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • High Density
  • Instructions
  • Job Training
  • Military Research
  • Recruits
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Security
  • Standards
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.