Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives
An ad-hoc committee (see membership list below), with oversight from the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, will inform U.S. Army policy, procedures, and future research through an exploration of recent and emerging science related to the measurement of individual capability and the combination of individual capabilities to create collective capacity to perform. The committee planned-workshop and final report will assist the military to make the next leap forward in assessment of individual potential and capability utilizing emerging theory and state of the art practice in measurement.
This study will be carried out in two phases: 1) Phase 1 will cast a wide net to capture a variety of ideas about measuring human capabilities from across research fields, and 2) Phase 2 will assess current research and recommend an agenda for future U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) research in the most promising areas. Each phase has a separate and distinct statement of task to guide the committee’s work (please see the National Academies’ Current Projects site for both statements of task).
Project Duration: September 2012 – February 2015
Project Sponsor: U.S. Army Research Institute
Recent Event: Public Workshop
For more information on the public workshop, including video of the event,
please see the Workshop page here.
In accordance with the Phase 1 statement of task, the goals of the public workshop were:
- Facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and the combination of individual capabilities to create collective capacity to perform.
- Inform the design of a maximally effective selection and assignment system
Background Paper for Phase 1
Listing of this project in the National Academies Current Projects site
WORKSHOP MATERIALS
Tentative Workshop Agenda
Participant Biographies
Select for Success: A Toolset for Enhancing Soldier Accessioning
CATBOOK -- Computerized Adaptive Testing From Inquiry to Operation
View Webcast Replay here
NRC Staff Contact
Cherie Chauvin, Study Director, 202-334-2096
This study will be accomplished in two phases, spanning a total of 30 months during which the panel will meet a total of five times and produce two publications. During Phase 1 (12 months), the panel will meet twice and will host a two-day public workshop to identify and discuss new and unique methods for measuring individual capabilities and predicting individual and collective performance. The proceedings of the workshop will be summarized and published. During Phase 2 (18 months), the panel will meet an additional three times to conduct additional data-gathering and analysis to answer the Phase 2 study charge. The focus of Phase 2 will be the development of the study's findings, conclusions, and recommendations for the final report.
Committee Members
Jack W. Stuster, Chair, Anacapa Sciences, Inc.
Georgia T. Chao, Michigan State University
Randall W. Engle, Georgia Institute of Technology
Leaetta Hough, Dunnette Group, Ltd.
Patrick Kyllonen, Educational Testing Service
John McArdle, University of Southern California
Stephen Stark, University of South Florida
View committee biographies on the Committee Membership page of the National Academies' Current Projects site
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