FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION STAFF

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
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FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION STAFF
The Assessment and Evaluation Staff is responsible for the
coordination and implementation of all professional psychological
services offered by the Office of Training. To meet this responsi-
bility this Staff is composed of the Assessment Branch, the Training
Evaluation Branch, and the Research and Validation Branch (Chart A).
In carrying out this responsibility, the general functions and
activities of the Staff are to:
(a) Provide the Director of Training with qualified
professional psychological assistance wherever indicated and
requested.
(b) Organize, supervise, and administer adequate programs,
staffs, and facilities within the United States to provide
competent professional psychological services.
(c) Provide assistance and professional staff supervision
for authorized professional Psychological programs conducted
overseas.
(d) Provide professional psychological assistance to the
Professional Selection Panel and to other components of the
Agency when requested, with the advice and consent of the
Director of Training.
(e) Organize, supervise and administer an Assessment Branch
with specific functions to include:
(1) The intensive psychological assessment of indi-
viduals referred, to help determine their suitability
for particular types of positions, particularly those
of a critical or sensitive nature.
(2) The development of a Professional staff capable of
accomplishing psychological assessments.
(3) The analysis of pxychological factors important
for success in intelligence work.
(y.) The systematic study of assessment procedures
to determine. the effectiveness of the methods used and
to improve and refine present techniques.
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(5) The development of new techniques for use in
psychological assessment.
(f) Organize, supervise, and administer a Training Evaluation
Branch with specific functions to include:
(1) 1 rticipation in the analysis of general training
requirements, primarily to determine how various psycholo-
gical techniques, may best be utilized.
(2) The development, direction, supervision and
coordination of training evaluation procedures. The aim
of this program is to provide a meaningful and complete
record of what astudent learned and what personality
characteristics be revealed during training. This
record would be used by:
(a) the Professional Selection Panel in deter-
mining career suitability at the end of the
probationary period.
(b) the Office of Training, in evaluating and
improving its own program.
c) the student's supervisor or sponsor in
nlanning general career development and specific
-issignments.
(3) The development of new techniques for use in
training evaluation.
(4) The systematic study of training evaluations to
determine their effectiveness and usability and means of
improving them.
(5) The development of professional psychological
personnel to assist instructional personnel in analyzing
course content where appropriate, in developing objective
testing materials, in evaluating teaching techniques and
in counselling students with learning problems.
(g) Organize, supervise and administer a Research and
Validation Branch with specific functions to include:
(1) Systematic review of all research work undertaken
by the Staff to insure that highest professional standards
are maintained.
(2) MQi.ntenance of liaison with all sources conducting
psychological research outside the Agency to make certain
that new developments and new techniques may be exploited
and further developed by the Staff.
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(3) Rendering statistical services necessary to
carry out the research projects of the Staff.
(4) Coordination of all research studies in accord-
ance with priorities established by the Chief of the
Staff.
(5) Establishment of consistent reporting methods.
(6) Establishment and maintenance of records basic
to the activities of the Staff.
(7) Development, improvementt and monitoring of
(a) the E OD testing program, (b) the JOT testing pro-
grhm, (c) the language aptitude testing program.
(8) Development of new testing and research programs
as required.
(9) Establishment and development of a staff capable
of rendering suitable technical support to the other
branches in experimental design, statistical evaluation,
machine record procedures, and other technical matters.
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