Recent Developments in USAF Officer Testing and Selection

Abstract

Report covers the basics of military testing and some of the recent/future developments of testing within the Armed Forces. Summarizes which departments of the Air Force are responsible for supervising and creating tests and standards while also examining some of the more important military tests. The tests covered by this report were the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); the enlisted promotions tests which include, Specific Knowledge Test (SKT), Promotion Fitness Exam (PFE), and the USAF Supervisor Exam (USAFSE); Foreign Language Proficiency Testing (DLAB); Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT); Test of Basic Aviation Skills (TBAS) and Basic Attributes Test (BAT). Report also covers some of the experimental tests that were being developed and recent changes to the AFOQT and Pilot-Navigator composites and testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA594049

Entities

People

  • C. W. Shore
  • Johnny J. Weissmuller
  • Kenneth L. Schwartz
  • R. B. Gould
  • Stanley D. Kenney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Foreign Languages
  • Governments
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Resources
  • Job Analysis
  • Language
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
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