Validation of ASVAB Against Infantry Job Performance

This research memorandum examines the validity of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) against several measures of infantry performance collected as part of Job Performance Measurement project. ASVAB was highly related to hands-on performance of critical infantry tasks, written infantry job knowledge tests, and grades in initial infantry training courses. The validity of ASVAB was also found to extend into the second term of service by being able to predict the performance of infantry unit leaders.