Computerized Adaptive Testing Version of the Armed Services Vocational AptitudeBattery (CAT-ASVAB): Computer System Development

摘要

In 1979, the Computerized Adaptive Testing version of the Armed ServicesVocational Aptitude Battery (CAT-ASVAB) program was initiated by the Department of Defense. One objective of the (Joint-Service) CAT-ASVAB program was to develop a distributed processing computer system capable of deploying CAT at aptitude testing sites of the United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM). In 1985, the CAT-ASVAB program was redirected with the initiation of the Accelerated CAT-ASVAB Project (ACAP). The purpose of ACAP was to test the feasibility of using CAT at USMEPCOM testing sites prior to initiation of another full scale development effort. To accomplish this purpose, ACAP bad to develop a computer system with all of the essential Joint-Service specifications for deploying CAT. The UNIX-based computer system developed under ACAP meets this goal.