WEEKLY REPORT #30 ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION STAFF 23--29 JULY 1958

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• Publication Date: July 30, 1958
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
SUBJECT : Weekly Report #30
Assessment and Evaluation Staff
23-29 July 1958
30 July 1958
1. C/ME held a meeting with C/IS to discuss what is hoped
will be the final revision of OTR Regulation 25-4, concerning
training evaluation. C/IS is in agreement with the regulation
as changed.
2. C/A&E briefed the new C/PPS/OTR concerning the activities
of the A&E Staff.
3. Chief, A&E met with C/POD/OP to discuss matters of common
concern. C/POD alerted me to the fact that plans are being laid to
select personnel for the operation of the Agenc 's computer program.
For high-level programmers of this group, thel 25X1
is particularly appropriate. It is believed a assessmen .nc ng
this test will contribute significantly to the selection of personnel
for this program.
4. C/A&E visited or the purpose of dis'ssing the
problems of training evaluation with CF/OS. The possibility of a
special study of the attitudes of the students towards training and
training evaluation as they progress through the OC was suggested.
CF/OS did not feel the need for such a study. It was his opinion
that part of the problem could be dealt with by his initial presenta-
tion to the group, and that the problem of attitudes would be revealed
to the instructors, since the instructor-pupil ratio would be so small.
I indicated that I did not believe that the orientation talk to the
students would solve the problem, although it undoubtedly will be
helpful.
5. On the weekly tests to measure progress in training given
18 July and 25 July, 27 typists and stenographers failed to meet the
standards required for continuation of clerical induction training.
This weekly screening program, designed to reduce the training time
expended on individuals unlikely to succeed in the course, appears
to have eliminated the difficulty experienced last year when at the
request of OP some individuals remained in a training status for as
long as 20 weeks. At the request of POD/OP a week of additional
training was authorized for three of these individuals. The
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program cannot help but improve the effectiveness of instruction.
Standards are set sufficiently low that it is sometimes
obvious to the trainee herself that she cannot keep up with the
class. One of the above trainees, who had not been advised that
there was any question of her continuation in training, reported
for class on 28 July with a request that she be reclassified from
stenographer to typist at a lower grade. She explained that she
did not think it fair for the balance of the class to be slowed
down because of her limited stenographic ability.
Chiefs, IS and A&E, are coordinating closely on this program.
6. Now in its third week, the summer intensive assessment
schedule for JOT's entering the new integrated program is running
smoothly.
7? has discussed with the question of 25X1
our assi e maintenance of the R t s IBM files. It
is likely that we will be able to provide this service if it can be
scheduled on a flexible basis and if requests for machine runs,
special reports, etc., are not more frequent or more complex than
I mnow estimates.
8. An ME Staff member obtained some incidental feedback from
a scientist friend who works at NIH concerning a briefing given a
group of scientists who were going abroad to meetings where their
Russian counterparts would be present. The manner in which the CIA
representative made proposals to these scientists to obtain scientific
information appeared to have a negative effect on many of them. Our
informant reported that the briefer appeared insensitive to the
attitude of the scientists. The briefing was also over-long, keeping
the scientists from checking their laboratory experiments. In dis-
cussion among the group after the CIA representative had left, many
revealed themselves to be hostile to the program, although a few
responded in a very interested fashion. If you think it worthwhile,
I should be glad to discuss this matter of briefing scientists further
with whoever is in charge of this program.
25X1
Chief, sessmen and valuation Staff
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