IN THIS SUMMARY OF 22 RESEARCH REPORTS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF CRITERION INSTRUMENTS TO ASSESS THE TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY OF U.S. NAVY AERONAUTICAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL ARE DISCUSSED. THE STUDIES, SUMMARIZED IN TERMS OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL AND LOGICAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS INVOLVED, DEAL WITH PRELIMINARY AND FINAL FORMS OF TECHNICAL BEHAVIOR CHECKLISTS, INTERVIEWS WITH SUPERVISORS, THE SAILOR'S NAVAL ATTITUDE (SNA) INVENTORY, A MATRIX METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF TRAINING, SCALED TECHNICAL BEHAVIOR CHECKLISTS (STBCL) AND THE SCALED MULTIDIMENSIONAL TECHNICAL BEHAVIOR CHECK LISTS (SMTBCL), MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF JOB PERFORMANCE, AND EVALUATION OF PERSONNEL PSYCHOPHYSICS (JOB COMPLEXITY) AND OF THE PROFICIENCY OF PERSONNEL SUBSYSTEMS. OVERALL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES--ADVANCING THE STATE OF THE ART OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND PROVIDING PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON AREAS OF REQUIRED TRAINING--WERE AT LEAST PARTLY REALIZED. THIS DOCUMENT, AD-653-712, IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SPRINGFIELD, VA. 22151. MICROFICHE $0.65, HARDCOPY $3.00. (AUTHOR/LY)