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opposite sex in the same grade. This additional
information gives counselors more assistance in
interpreting the scores for students. The school tests
results summary by grade gives counselors an overall
picture of how their students are performing in relation
to the reference population. Recruiters receive the
ASVAB-14 Service Printout 7 to 10 days after the
schools receive their results. This printout provides
recruiters with students’ personal data (name, grade, sex,
address, and phone number), the students’ scores and
AFQT score, military aptitude composites, and the
students’ plans after graduation. Also included are any
special instructions the school may have indicated for
using the information for recruiting purposes. It is vital
that recruiters honor any special instructions that have
been given by the school. The school may indicate any
of the following options covering the use of the data:
l No special instructions
l No recruiter contact until 60 days after results
are returned
. No recruiter contact until 90 days after results
are returned
l No recruiter contact until 120 days after results
are returned
l No recruiter contact until the end of the school
year
l No telephone solicitations
l Not valid for enlistment purposes
l No recruiter contact from this listing of student
results
Production Tests
Production versions of the ASVAB are administered
at MEPS and Mobile Examining Team (MET) sites
across the nation.
RETEST POLICIES.– Immediate retests may be
authorized by the MEPS commander for applicants
tested under adverse conditions or considered to have
attained inflated scores through improper means.
Otherwise, testers must wait 1 calendar month after an
initial ASVAB test for a retest. After one retest,
applicants must wait 6 calendar months before another
retest can be requested. Recruiters should be cautioned
to verify test dates as any retests given before the
mandatory waiting period will be invalid. Applicants
must then wait 6 calendar months to retest. Applicants
with qualifying AFQTs should not be retested simply to
increase their score or qualify for a specific program.
COMPROMISE AND PROHIBITED PRAC-
TICES.– All ASVAB test compromise incidents must be
reported immediately to the CO via the chain of com-
mand, so the CO can report the incident to MEPCOM
headquarters by telephone. Most compromise situations
are easily defined. The Navy Recruiting Manual -
Enlisted, COMNAVCRUITCOMINST 1130.8, gives a
list of actions and situations that constitute compromise.
Recruiters should be trained in identifying compromise
situations and understand that any action that might be
construed as helping applicants in testing must be
avoided. Recruiters are allowed to give applicants the
USMEPCOM publication, Your Future is Now, for
ASVAB familiarization. They also may give applicants
expected to take the Nuclear Field Qualifying Test
(NFQT) the following items: the chemical periodic table
of the elements, math and physics RAD items, and the
Navy correspondence course, Mathematics, volume I.
Recruiters are prohibited from conducting any formal or
informal training sessions, using commercially prepared
ASVAB information and study guides, referring
applicants to commercial schools or courses whose
purpose is to familiarize applicants with the ASVAB, or
becoming involved with any other sort of coaching or
unauthorized ASVAB familiarization.
CONVERSION.– Raw scores, the number of
questions answered correctly, are converted to standard
scores for each subtest of the ASVAB. Conversion
charts for current ASVAB versions are contained in the
Navy Recruiting Manual - Enlisted, COMNAVCRUIT-
COMINST 1130.8. AFQT scores for ASVABs taken
after 3 January 1989 are computed by adding the
standard scores of 2(VE) + MK + AR. Figure 6-13
shows each subtest, the abbreviation, the number of
questions in each subtest, and the derived scores
equations.
SUPPLEMENTAL TESTING
There are two types of supplemental testing that the
Navy uses for program qualification, the NFQT and the
Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB).
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