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The U. S,. Naval Exam. Center at Great Lakes has developed another major prog
ram affecting all hands seeking advancement, in rating.
This program called "Operation Information" officially makes its debut after
publication of the examination results of the February 1961 examinations. For
the 1st time in the Navy's testing program, candidates who fail the examination
or who passed but were not advanced because of quota, will be notified of their
relative standing in the subject ma^er sections of their respective examinati
ons
Pilot studies were conducted commencing with the August 1959 examining per
iod and .involved reporting the results of 5,000 candidates who participated in
this examination. With' the experience gained through the initial trial stage,
the Naval Examining Center ’ recommended .to the Chief of Naval Personnel that
"Operation Information" was feasible and should be made a part of the Navy’s
regular examining program. This recommendation has received the full support
of the Chief of Naval Personnel, Vice Admiral W, R. SMEDBERG, III.
"Operation Information" serves_a two-fold purpose. In addition to informing
the candidate of his relative standing in the examination, it also provides LIE
officers, with a diagnosis of the candidate’s examination results. With this
information, ICE Officers' can advise the individual candidate on a course of
study to improve his knowledge- in those subject matter sections in which he
requires improvement.
•The Chief source of information for both.the ICE Officer and the candidate
is the Individual Examination Profile Card. This card will tell the candidate
his standing in relation to the other examinees in the particular rating and
pqygrade. The program will be pertinent to the advancement examinations only
and will receive its second go-around after the August 1961 examining period.
Each examination booklet in the, February 1961 examining period contained as
the last- sheet of the booklet, a "Subject-Matter Section Identification Sheet".
This sheet listed the breakdown of the examination's subject matter into 12
sections. Each subject is numbered and corresponds to the subject area for-the
applicable rates as outlined in the Manual of Qualifications for Advancement in
Rating (NavPers 18060). ’ *
After the candidate completed the examination, and turned in the examination
booklet and punched answers cards, a member of-the examining board removedthe
"Subject Matter Section Identification Sheet" from the’ booklet and issued the
sheet to the candidate.
It is the candidate’s responsibility to retain the "Subject-Matter Section
Identification Sheet" for future use in interpreting the "Individual Examination
Profile Card", •>
The dimensions of ;,the "Profile Card" are the same as those of the standard
answer card. Individual identifying data such as name and service number are
printed across the top of the card. On the right hand side of the card the ex
amination is broken down in columns by subject matter sections which are number
ed 1 thru 16. Only 12 of these columns are currently being utilized inthe dev
elopment of the examinations. The subject matter section covered by each num
bered column is explained in the."Subject Matter Section Identification Sheet".
These numbered columns are divided into nine categories which appear on the
left hand side of the "Examination Section" and they are labeled "Superior" to
"Very Low", A hole will be punched in each of the first 12 examination section
columns. This punch indicates the candidate’s standing in each subject matter
section relative to all other, candidates in his rate competing for advancement.
(concluded next week)