Internet-based Distributed Team Performance Assessment Technology

The empasis on measuring team performance and effectiveness is higher than ever before. With declining military budgets and increased requirements, technology offers a cost-effective means of providing timely, accurate, team assessment feedback. The Internet offers world-wide access to this technology. Developing quality distributed Internet-based, team assessment technology requires integration of several technologies: research on team performance, state-of-the-art performance assessment, and Internet-based delivery systems. Research Development Corporation and subcontractor LNK Corporation propose to develop team assessment technology that integrates and enhances existing technologies. These include automated performance assessment technology developed under contract to Armstrong Labs, distributed intelligent tutoring system technology for measuring shared mental models of teams, and Internet delivery technology. The heart of our approach is RDC's validated assessment model that is currently being used by a NJ school district. In Phase I, we will develop a proof-of-concept team assessment tool, deliverable over the Internet, and demonstrate is validity in four test beds. In Phase II we will develop knowledge engineering and assessment authoring tools to allow the AF to develop and validate team performance assessment for domains of its choosing.