Formal measuring devices used to ascertain the training success and promotion potential of maintenance personnel have been deficient in the area of job realism. In part, this may be due to reliance on paper and pencil testing rather than the use of effective job performance measurements. Data concerning job performance measurements applicable to…

The Instructional Systems Development approach for vocational education programs provides a methodology for gathering and analyzing job information, developing instructional materials, and conducting instruction and evaluation. This approach is based upon evidence that each job task can be identified and analyzed and that appropriate objectives…

Designed to provide guidance in the development of performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures, this booklet is intended for teachers, supervisory personnel, teacher trainers, and writers involved in developing performance-based instruction. To show the relationship of performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures to the…

A project was conducted in Florida between October 1, 1984, and August 31, 1985, to develop and field test criterion-referenced tests in the occupational areas of gardening/groundskeeping and landscape operations. The test instruments were constructed around the performance standards developed by the Florida Department of Vocational Education.…

A project designed to develop valid performance based curriculum materials for selected occupational programs had the following objectives: (1) To identify a common core of basic skills for seven occupational cluster areas; (2) to prepare catalogs of performance objectives and criterion referenced measures for seven occupational cluster areas; (3)…

Performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures are outlined for seventy-five tasks identified as necessary to the successful performance of local vocational administrators in Kentucky. Tasks are organized under thirteen duty categories: program planning and implementation, staff recruitment, personnel development and management,…

This workshop facilitator's guide is designed to inform professional staff about competency-based vocational education (CBVE) to help eligible persons on public assistance acquire competencies necessary for gainful employment in the following occupational areas: airline reservations and travel services; computer applications; dental care;…

The fairness of testing practices for selection or promotion of members of different racial and ethnic groups has been questioned. In this study, a search was made of occupations in the Federal Government to find those in various agencies with sufficient ethnic group representation for acceptable sample size, and for which dependable and objective…

In general, the 110 conference papers discuss the selection, training, and evaluation of enlisted personnel and officer personnel, as well as the use of job, task and soft skill analysis. More specific topics are: air traffic controllers; adaptive testing; criterion-referenced testing; performance testing; contingency management; management survey…