This paper describes the major action points in the course of developing a test for training evaluation. The author gives a brief summary of the 14 action points he considers basic for a test developer: (1) obtain list of terminal objectives with skill and knowledge requirements; (2) determine criticality of objectives to military mission; (3)…

A chart of the major action points in the course of developing tests for training evaluation and for qualifying trainees provides a framework for discussing the problems and practices of test development. Performance standards are the most common sources of trouble; the test developer must have unequivocal standards to work from. (AJ)

A synthetic performance test is a job performance test that has been degraded to some degree in the range of tasks covered or in the fidelity of stimulus/response features. Since further development is needed before synthetic performance testing is valid and efficient, this research project focused on three objectives: to (1) identify problems…