SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This meeting is being held under the provisions of chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) (commonly known as the “Federal Advisory Committee Act” or “FACA”); section 552b of title 5, U.S.C. (commonly known as the “Government in the Sunshine Act”); and 41 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 102-3.140 and 102-3.150.

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose of the meetings is to provide an overview of the accession testing program, review progress on the test development efforts, and gather advice on current testing capabilities. Additional information can be found at https://dacmpt.com.

Agenda

Day 1, Wednesday, August 16, 2023

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks, Dr. Sofiya Velgach, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs/Accession Policy (OASD(M&RA)/AP)

8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Accession Policy Brief, Dr. Katherine Helland, OASD(M&RA)/AP

9:15 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Milestones Briefing, Dr. Mary Pommerich, Office of People Analytics/Defense Testing and Assessment Center (OPA/DTAC)

10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Form Equating Methodology, TBD, Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Item Development Process, TBD, HumRRO

a. Item Writing

b. Item Analysis

12:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Lunch

1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS) Overview/Validity Framework Dr. Deirdre Knapp, HumRRO

2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. TAPAS Future Plans

a. Joint Enlistment Composite, Dr. Dan Putka, HumRRO

b. Compatibility Composite, Dr. Kevin Bradley, HumRRO

3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Break

4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Complex Reasoning, Dr. Mike Ingerick, HumRRO

4:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Computational Thinking, Dr. Kimberly Adams, HumRRO

5:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Public Comments

Day 2, Thursday, August 17, 2023

8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. High School Curriculum Study, TBD, HumRRO

9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Non-Native English Speakers Analysis, TBD, HumRRO

10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Career Exploration Program (CEP) Update/Demo, Dr. Irina Rader, OPA/DTAC

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Future Topics Dr. Mary Pommerich, OPA/DTAC

12:00 p.m.-12:15 p.m. Public Comments

12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m. Closing Comments, Dr. Nancy Tippins, Chair

Abbreviations Key:

ASVAB—Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

ASVAB CEP—ASVAB Career Exploration Program, student testing program provided at no cost to high schools nation-wide to help students develop career exploration skills and used by recruiters to identify potential applicants for enlistment HumRRO—Human Resources Research Organization

OASD(M&RA)/AP—Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs/Accession Policy

OPA/DTAC—Office of People Analytics/Defense Testing and Assessment Center

TAPAS—Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System

Latest version of the agenda will be posted on https://dacmpt.com.

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88 FR 40791