Personnel Evaluation Evaluation Reporting System

1 UNCLASSIFIED Department of the Army Pamphlet 623 3 Personnel Evaluation Evaluation Reporting System Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 27 September 2019 SUMMARY of CHANGE DA PAM 623 3 Evaluation Reporting System This major revision, dated 27 September 2019 o Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018 07 8, Prioritizing Efforts Readiness and Lethality (Update 8)), removing multi-source assessment and feedback requirements and information on officer Evaluation reports (chap 2). o Rescinds requirement for United States Army Reserve major generals to receive Evaluation reports (para 2 2a(4)).

2 O Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2018 10, Establishment of United States Army Futures Command (chap 4). o Includes YES or NO box checks on DA Form 1059 (Service School Academic Evaluation Report), DA Form 1059 1 (Civilian Institution Academic Evaluation Report), and DA Form 1059 2 (Senior Service and Command and General Staff College Academic Evaluation Report) to indicate if a Soldier did or did not adhere to the Army s sexual harassment and assault response and prevention, equal opportunity, and equal employment opportunity programs (paras 4 2 and 4 12). o Includes new academic rater s assessment on DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059 2 aligned with the Army s Leadership Requirements Model emphasizing the assessment process and leadership responsibilities (paras 4 3 and 4 13).

3 O Includes new academic rater box check assessment to indicate how well the rated Soldier demonstrated Army attributes and core leadership competencies on DA Form 1059 (tables 4 2, 4 6, and 4 10). o Includes Army physical fitness test, height and weight, overall grade point average, and skill identifier codes and joint education credit data fields on DA Form 1059, DA Form 1059 1, and DA Form 1059 2 to assist in talent management (tables 4 2, 4 6, and 4 10). o Requires academic raters on DA Form 1059, DA Form 1059 1, and DA Form 1059 2 to enter completed special projects in support of talent management (tables 4 2, 4 6, and 4 10).

4 O Includes data fields on DA Form 1059, DA Form 1059 1, and DA Form 1059 2 to list up to three utilization tour or follow-on assignments based on Soldier s demonstrated aptitude in support of talent management (tables 4 2, 4 6, and 4 10). o Includes new reviewer assessments on DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059 2 to emphasize the importance of the reviewer s assessment process and leadership responsibilities (paras 4 4 and 4 14 and tables 4 3 and 4 11). o Includes a new 4-tier reviewer overall academic achievement box check System on DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059 2 t o indicate how well the student performed against the course standards compared to other students in support of talent management (tables 4 3 and 4 11).

5 O Includes new requirements for a DA Form 1059 1 Initial Evaluation report for Soldiers attending long-term civilian education programs extending 24 months or more (table 4 5). o Identifies new DA Form 1059 2 as an applicable Evaluation report form for specific military Service schools (para 4 11). o Incorporates content that requires the referral process or mandatory review for DA Form 1059, DA Form 1059 1, and DA Form 1059 2 (para 4 16). o Includes listed reasons for submitting DA Form 1059, DA Form 1059 1, and DA Form 1059 2 (table 4 13). o Added appeal preparation and checklist (table 6 1). o Removes multi-source assessment and feedback requirements in accordance with Army Directive 2018 07 8 (throughout).

6 O Incorporates the use of Evaluation Entry System as the primary method for generating, submitting, tracking, and processing all academic Evaluation reports for military Service schools and civilian institutions (throughout). *This pamphlet supersedes DA Pam 623 3, dated 10 November 2015. DA PAM 623 3 27 September 2019 UNCLASSIFIED i Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC *Department of the Army Pamphlet 623 3 27 September 2019 Personnel Evaluation Evaluation Reporting System History. This publication is a major revi-sion. Summary. This pamphlet provides pro-cedural guidance on completing tasks for the Army s Evaluation Reporting System , including officer, noncommissioned of-ficer, and academic Evaluation reports fo-cused on the assessment of performance and potential.

7 It includes operating tasks and rules in support of operating tasks. It has been revised to update policy on use of new academic Evaluation report forms; in-corporate Army Directive 2018 07 8 re-moving multi-source assessment and feed-back requirements and information on of-ficer Evaluation reports; incorporate Army Directive 2018 10; describe the use of the Army s Evaluation Entry System as the pri-mary method for creating, tracking, and submitting DA Form 1059, DA Form 1059 1, and DA Form 1059 2 Evaluation reports completed on Servicemembers at-tending military Service schools and civil-ian institutions.

8 Describe a new DA Form 1059 2 to the Army s form inventory, ap-plicable for specific military training insti-tutions; describe a new rater academic achievement box check System on aca-demic Evaluation reports, linking perfor-mance with Army leadership attributions and competencies; and describe a new re-viewer overall academic achievement 4-tier box check System for DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059 2. Final revisions include defining what significant administrative er-rors are actionable when requesting an ad-ministrative appeal. Applicability. This pamphlet applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.

9 It also applies to Depart-ment of the Army Civilians, and to Armed Forces and Coast Guard offic-ers, officers of allied armed forces, and em-ployees of the Government who serve as rating officials in the performance of their Personnel management responsibilities as established by this regulation and in accord-ance with applicable Joint, Department of Defense, and civilian Personnel manage-ment policy. It does not apply to retirees or former Soldiers. The guidance provided in this pamphlet applies during mobilization in conjunction with Personnel Policy Guid-ance published for each operation and is-sued by Headquarters, Department of the Army.

10 Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Dep-uty Chief of Staff, G 1. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations The Deputy Chief of Staff, G 1, has delegated this approval authority to the Commanding General, Human Resources Command, who may further delegate this authority to a division chief, Human Resources Com-mand, in the rank of colonel or the civilian grade equivalent. Human Resources Com-mand is a direct Reporting unit to the propo-nent agency.