Planning for the Future: Progress Toward an NCO Competency Assessment Program

Abstract

In the early 1990s, the Department of the Army abandoned its Skill Qualification Test (SQT) program due primarily to maintenance, development, and administration costs. This left a void in the Army's capabilities for assessing job performance qualification. To meet this need, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) instituted a 3-year program of feasibility research related to development of a Soldier assessment system that is both effective and affordable. The PerformM21 program has two mutually supporting tracks. The first focuses on the design of a testing program and identification of issues related to its implementation. The second track is a demonstration of concept - starting with a prototype core assessment targeted to all Soldiers eligible for promotion to Sergeant, followed by job-specific prototype assessments for several Military Occupational Specialties (MOS). This report describes the PerformM21 feasibility research program, which is now at the end of the second year of its 3-year plan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA444464

Entities

People

  • Deirdre J. Knapp
  • Roy C. Campbell
  • Tonia S. Heffner

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Identification
  • Job Analysis
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Occupational Specialties
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Military Training
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Prototypes
  • Social Sciences
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.