With funding from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the Virtual Performance Assessment project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is developing and studying the feasibility of immersive virtual performance assessments (VPAs) to assess scientific inquiry of middle school students as a standardized component of an accountability…

The effect of varying the percentages of female soldiers assigned to representative types of Test, Operation, and Evaluation units on the unit's capability to perform its mission under field conditions was assessed. Empirical data were provided to test the null hypothesis that increasing the proportion of women in selected units would not impair…

The military utilizes tests extensively and should be aware of current testing problems. A conference composed of members from the business, educational, and military communities, both foreign and domestic, was held and these major issues addressed: (1) The Development of Training Requirements; (2) Personnel Assignment Using Interest Inventories;…