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Interservice Procedures for Instructional Systems Development :
Executive Summary and Model (Continued...)
by Robert K. Branson, Gail T. Rayner and J. Lamarr Cox

BLOCK I.3: CONSTRUCT PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Introduction

A third critical function in the ISD process is the construction of Job Performance Measures (JPMs) for each of the tasks selected for training. Job Performance Measures may be combined to make up the tests which tell whether or how well a person can perform a job.

Each task selected for training must have an associated JPM which is the best available indicator of performance. Job Performance Measures are used to determine job proficiency, design and evaluate training, and maintain quality control. They are used by unit commanders, the personnel system, and by the training system when there is a need to measure job performance or to design or evaluate training.

Rationale

Recent developments, arising out of the management of the military system, and decisions by the United States Supreme Court have made it mandatory that Job Performance Measures of the highest possible technical quality be developed for each job in the service. In addition to the obvious direct benefits to military training and operations, good JPMs can eliminate unnecessarily restrictive standards in many DOSs and, at the same time, eliminate charges of real or apparent discrimination in job assignments.

The development of JPMs is a highly technical professional area in which one finds many measurement specialists. From time to time it will be necessary to obtain inputs from these specialists in order to insure the quality and utility of the JPMs.

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