WEEKLY SUMMARY REPORT (18 - 24 FEBRUARY 1956)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00017A000100110013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: February 2, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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psychological testing demonstration. conducted for officials of the
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This week the Office of Training has the f Morin to report:
iitiatien of language training programs at (Z)
ourse on war planning.
LANGUAGE TRAINING AT
The Office of Training has initiated a we
passion of this program to include members of the staff is being
~blee interested students to practice any of een languages.
proficiency. A language laboratory has also been established to
program at for students In the now s.vent$en?week
Operations course. Certain hours of each week are set aside for
organised classes in French. Spanish, Gorman, Chinese, and Ruse
sue, which are conducted by two members of the staff
and throe students. Almost half' of the class has indicated interest
in participating in this opportunity to maintain previo ualy acquired
memorandum to the Director of Training states he has found the
language aptitude testing program conducted by the Assessment and
Evaluation Staff, OTR, of considerable value and "inn several cases
LANGUAGE APTITUDE TLST
The Deputy Assistant Director for Operations, DD
,n.'- A definite correlation has been wed between ca udi-
bt factor in the selection of personnel for the Foreign Docu-
data scores an the aptitude test and their progress in language training
in Foreign Documents Division.
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was undertaken to develop the Foreign Language Aptitude To
Report
The correlation between test results and progress language
training is, of course, expected on the basis of the research that
Battery. This research was begun three years ago, and. fe ow..ups
both of the formal and informal varieties have demonstrated its value.
The results make it possible to insure that those wtth+s the necessary
language aptitude are not chosen for expansive training.
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Chief of Training, USIA, the, Assessment and v*aelttstion Staff, OTR,
conducted a limited number of assessments of prospective employees
By agreement between the Director of Trainiag, CIA.
The findings of these assessments have now been reviewed
f Training and the Director of Per eo nnel, USIA;
testing pregr
provided a concrete demonstration of the value of a psychological
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dents enrolled in c
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