The Weighted Airman Promotion System: Standardizing Test Scores
by Schiefer, Michael; Robbert, Albert A.; Crown, John S.; Manacapilli, Thomas; Wong, CarolynFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-25
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary
Because test scores that are part of its enlisted promotion system are not standardized, the U.S. Air Force emphasizes longevity and test-taking ability differently and randomly across and within specialties. Random emphasis implies that the Air Force cannot be sure it promotes individuals with the highest potential. The authors discuss a range of predictable outcomes the Air Force could achieve by adopting various standardization strategies.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. iii |
| Figures | p. ix |
| Tables | p. xiii |
| Summary | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| Abbreviations | p. xxi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Air Force Cannot Be Achieving Its Primary Enlisted Promotion Objective | p. 2 |
| The Motivation for Enlisted Promotion Equity | p. 4 |
| The Air Force Has Not Achieved All TOPCAP and Secondary Promotion Objectives | p. 7 |
| Organization of the Monograph | p. 10 |
| The Weighted Airman Promotion System: Motivation, Mechanics, Reality, and Theory | p. 13 |
| A Fundamental Relationship | p. 17 |
| Reality | p. 18 |
| Theoretical Impacts of Differences in Variation | p. 24 |
| Measuring Variation | p. 26 |
| E5 WAPS Component Impacts | p. 26 |
| E6 WAPS Component Impacts | p. 31 |
| E7 WAPS Component Impacts | p. 33 |
| E8 WAPS Component Impacts | p. 36 |
| E9 WAPS Component Impacts | p. 37 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 39 |
| Standardizing Test Scores | p. 41 |
| What Is Test Standardization? | p. 42 |
| Why Standardize? | p. 42 |
| Approaches to Standardizing PFE/SKT Scores | p. 43 |
| Standardization Mechanics | p. 44 |
| An Alternative Approach to Standardization | p. 46 |
| Disclaimer | p. 47 |
| Testing Impact and Selection Timing | p. 49 |
| Selections to E2-E4 | p. 49 |
| Selections to E5 | p. 50 |
| A Univariate Perspective of Selections to E5 | p. 52 |
| A Multivariate Perspective of Selections to E5 | p. 54 |
| Selections to E6 | p. 56 |
| A Univariate Perspective of Selections to E6 | p. 57 |
| A Multivariate Perspective of Selections to E6 | p. 58 |
| Selections to E7 | p. 60 |
| A Univariate Perspective of Selections to E7 | p. 61 |
| A Multivariate Perspective of Selections to E7 | p. 63 |
| Selections to E8 | p. 64 |
| E8 Selection Factors | p. 65 |
| Selections to E9 | p. 67 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 68 |
| Effects | p. 71 |
| Inconsistent and Random Selection Standards | p. 71 |
| Senior NCO (E7-E9) Manning | p. 72 |
| Unequal Opportunities to Make E8 and E9 | p. 73 |
| Disproportionate Selectivity for E9 Nominative and Commander-Involvement Positions | p. 74 |
| Standardization Strategies | p. 76 |
| Transition Issues | p. 79 |
| Standardization Costs | p. 80 |
| Conclusions and Recommendation | p. 83 |
| Conclusions | p. 83 |
| Recommendation | p. 83 |
| Appendixes | |
| The Impacts of WAPS Factors by Grade and AFSC | p. 87 |
| AFSC Titles | p. 97 |
| WAPS Changes over Time | p. 101 |
| Periodic WAPS Revalidation | p. 105 |
| Four Approaches to Measuring the Impacts of WAPS Factors | p. 107 |
| Multivariate Models to Predict Selection Rates to E5 | p. 113 |
| Multivariate Models to Predict Selection Rates to E6 | p. 125 |
| Multivariate Models to Predict Selection Rates to E7 | p. 131 |
| ACT, SAT, and ASVAB Approaches to Standardization | p. 137 |
| References | p. 143 |
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