The report presents the results of an evaluation of a prototype on-road drive test that was piloted in six California Department of Motor Vehicles field offices. The test, named the Driving Performance Evaluation (DPE), was determined to be psychometrically superior to the current drive test. The reliability coefficients for the DPE and current drive tests were .81 vs .69 for interrater reliability, .83 vs .66 for interroute reliability, and .78 vs. .60 for net (total) reliability, respectively. The DPE also had construct validity as evidenced by the fact that experienced good-driver volunteers performed significantly better on the test than did novice original license applicants. The fail rates and average scores (number of errors) for these two groups were 5% vs 48% and 10.6 vs. 15.8, respectively. The evaluation also included an analysis of individual DPE maneuvers. Results from the study were used to make improvements to the DPE prior to its pilot implementation in 30 field offices in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties.


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    Title :

    California Driver Performance Evaluation Project: An Evaluation of a New Driver Licensing Road Test


    Contributors:
    R. A. Hagge (author)

    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    98 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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