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National Academies Press, 2020
The United States is formally represented around the world by approximately 14,000 Foreign Service officers and other personnel in the U.S. Department of State. Roughly one-third of them are required to be proficient in the local languages of the countries to which they are posted. To achieve this language proficiency for its staff, the State…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Government Employees, Public Agencies, Language Proficiency
Rosinek, Michele – 1984
The Prevocational Assessment Screen (PAS) is designed to provide instructors or evaluators with a quick (50 minutes to score and administer) and simple (requiring no training to administer) method of screening mildly handicapped and disadvantaged youth between 14 and 21 years of age for job training and placement. PAS contains eight samples which…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Color, Computer Assisted Testing, Disadvantaged Youth
Human Resources Research Organization, Alexandria, VA. – 1985
This report describes technical plans and progress during the second year (Fiscal Year 1984) of work on the U.S. Army's Project A: "Improving the Selection, Classification, and Utilization of Army Enlisted Personnel." Project A is a long-range research program developed by the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases, Job Performance