Validity of Army recruiter behavioral assessment: Does the assessor make a difference?

Assessment ratings of 450 soldiers by 13 US Army recruiters correlated .32 with soldiers' subsequent performance in recruiter school. Although there were significant differences between assessors in mean assessment ratings, no differences in assessment validities were found. Possible reasons for the validity findings are that the randomization test used lacks statistical power to detect actual differences in this setting, that assessor training smooths out differences in abilities related to accurate assessment, and that assessment exercises uniformly provide all assessors with good (and equal) opportunity to view behavior relevant to criterion performance.