| TABLE 1 |
Tests Used by the
Military for Assessment of Cognitive Skills
From World War I to the
Present |
| Test |
Historical
Period
Used |
Dates
Used |
CONTENT |
|
| Army Alpha |
WWI |
1918 |
Oral directions, arithmetical problems,
practical judgment synonyms-antonyms; disarranged analogies, information. |
| Army Beta |
WWI |
1918 |
Maze, cube analysis, O-series, digit symbol,
number checking, pictorial completion, geometrical construction. |
Army
General
Classification Test
(AGCT) |
WWII |
1941-1945 |
Verbal, arithmetic computation, arithmetic
reasoning, pattern analysis. |
Armed Forces
Qualification
Test
(AFQT) |
Post WWII |
1950-1952 |
Word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning, spatial
relationships. |
|
Korean War /
Vietnam War |
1953-1973 |
Word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning, spatial
perception, tool recognition. |
Armed Services
Vocational
Aptitude
Battery
(ASVAB-AFQT) |
All-Volunteer
Force |
1976-1980 |
Word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning, spatial
relationships, mechanical comprehension. |
|
|
1980-1988 |
Word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning,
paragraph comprehension, numerical operations. |
|
|
1988-Present |
Word knowledge, arithmetic reasoning,
paragraph comprehension, mathematics knowledge. |
|
Sources: Sticht, 1992 p.13; Wigdor
& Green, 1991, p.50
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