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... conduct a study to examine the future of military entrance assessments. On April 3-4, 2013, the committee appointed by the NRC to conduct this study, the Commit­ tee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individu­ als and Collectives, held a workshop on the topic of "New Directions in Assessing Individuals and Groups." In advance of the workshop, participants were invited to read mate­ rials provided by ARI to familiarize them with current Army selection practices.
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... The ultimate goal of both the workshop and the committee report is to inform the design of a maximally effective selection and assessment system. As committee chair Jack Stuster of Anacapa Sciences, Inc., noted in his introductory comments, the goal of the workshop was "to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue on the current and future state-of-the-science in measurement of individual capability and the combination of indi­ vidual capabilities to create collective capacity to perform." The workshop emphasized cognitive and noncognitive attributes that can be used in the initial testing and assignment of enlisted personnel.
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... • measuring individual differences and predicting individual performance, • group composition processes and performance, and • crosscutting links and research gaps. By bringing together scientists from a variety of areas of research, the workshop was designed to explore interdisciplinary scientific approaches to individual and group assessments and to identify promising concepts
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... There was no attempt to reach consensus at the workshop, and any statements that appear in this workshop summary should not be taken as indicative of the ultimate conclusions and recom­ mendations that the committee may include in its final report at the end of the second phase. This summary was prepared by a rapporteur and summarizes views expressed by individual workshop participants.
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