IDF changes policy: Principals of schools and preparatory schools will be able to appeal their students' grades in the psychotechnical exam • The weight for the formal part will be increased: "will reduce gaps"
Tel Hashomer Recruitment Bureau
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Gideon Markovich
Every young man or woman before a first order knows:
it is very worthwhile to pass the IDF's DFR tests, because it is almost impossible to get an opportunity to improve their grades in them.
From now on, however, thanks to a revolutionary move promoted by the army, the chances of the NCOs (candidates for security service) gaining an additional date on the tests significantly increase - thus influencing their placement in the military system.
Israel Today has learned that starting in September, the IDF will allow non-commissioned officers to be re-examined in the DPR exams, provided that the principal of their school or mechina thinks that their DPR score does not match their academic achievements.
According to a recent decision by the IDF Personnel Division, any school principal or pre-military preparatory school will have the option of appealing the DPR scores of up to ten percent of its students, assuming these are inconsistent with their school scores.
At the same time, the IDF intends to change the structure of the DPR tests: as part of the change, the weight attributed to the formal test will be increased over that attributed to the verbal and quantitative part of the exam, in order to reduce the gaps between IDFs from the center and those from the periphery. The formal is "the least biased", and that attributing greater weight precisely to this part of the exam will provide equal opportunity to populations from a different socio-economic status.
The traditional DPR tests (initial psychotechnical rating) are an integral part of the first order of the candidates for security service. The DPR score can range from 10 (lowest score) to 90 (highest).
The inclusion in the army is determined based on various data, such as the IBA (quality group) rating, of which the DPR is a significant part, and a medical profile.
In addition, the DPR is also an important component in the possibility of becoming an IDF officer.
So far, the military has pursued a very tough policy regarding re-examinations, and would not have allowed non-commissioned officers to be re-examined, except in very exceptional cases. The new move, therefore, is nothing less than a revolution that could affect all IDF recruits.
The change in the strict policy pursued by the IDF over the years stems from a desire to improve the placement of IDF units in IDF units, and to reduce the dropout rate from military service as much as possible.
In addition to the possibility of being re-examined in the DPR tests, "Israel Today" revealed that the IDF also intends to change the tests and make them "adaptive," that is, to adjust the test to the level of the examinee.
In the new test, candidates with a high level of intelligence will not have to "waste" their time on too easy questions, while examinees with a lower level of intelligence will not have to deal with difficult questions that will make them feel failed.
The "adaptive DPR" test will open with questions of average difficulty; those who succeed in answering them correctly will receive more difficult questions, and those who do not - will be required to answer easier questions.
