COMMENTS ON RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE IG'S SURVEY OF THE OFFICE OF TRAINING, DATED: 30 AUGUST 1960

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: October 20, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

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STATES GOVERNMENT
Chief, Plans and Policies Staff, OTR DATE: 20 October 1960
FROM Chief, Assessment and Evaluation Staff, QTR
Comments on Recommendations Contained in the IGfs Survey of
the Office of Training, Dated: 30 August 1960
1. There were very few comments in this report pertaining to the
A&E Staff, however, there are three statements in the context leading
up to recommendation one in that report to which I would like to respond.
These pertain to the clerical testing program.
"'''he recruiters themselves present and score the tests worked
out by OTRTs Assessment and Evaluation Staff covering basic
attitudes and personality factors. About 800 of all candidates
are rejected in the present period for poor test scores and
other deficiencies."
i'The recruiters with a knowledge of the market and in view of
the high CIA attrition rate question the need and results of
A&E testing and, to them, unrealistic rate of rejection of
candidates.?'
"Does the A&E testing applied to clerical candidates justify
itself in light of present day attrition rates?"
2. The first quotation above is inaccurate. The MEE Staff is
presently using the Shortnployment Tests. The total administration
time is fifteen minutes. It consists of three sections one on vocab-
ulary, one on arithmetic, and one on clerical accuracy. No other
tests are given as part of the clerical screening, so the statement
pertaining to tests of personality is inaccurate.
The, quotations in paragraph one above were discussed with
C/FRB/POD/OP. He stated that it is a misunderstanding
on the part of the IG''s office. He believed that they were confusing
the clerical test with the JOT selection program. Ile has checked this
and that there is no need for a change in this program.
matter of testing of clerical candidates with his recruiters, and they
are all in agreement that the present SET battery is working adequately
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