Locating and Evaluating Career Assessment Instruments

Locating and Evaluating Career Assessment Instruments
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 4
Release: 1995
Genre:
ISBN:

Much information is available to help users locate and evaluate career assessment instruments. This digest can help improve their evaluations. For the purpose of both locating and evaluating career assessment instruments there are three primary sources. Best known among these are the Buros Institute's publication "Tests in Print" and its comparison set of reviews in the "Mental Measurements Yearbooks." A second source is "Tests and Test Critiques." Both include a listing and brief description of most tests commercially available in English speaking countries as well as periodically published volumes of test reviews. The third source, published by the National Career Development Association, is "A Counselor's Guide to Career Assessment Instruments." This book contains reviews of the most prominent career assessment instruments as well as brief descriptions of most others commercially available. It also includes chapters on selecting, evaluation, using, and interpreting career relevant tests. There are a number of other sources that focus on specialized aspects of career assessment. Instrument evaluation sources and standards are discussed. (JBJ).

A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment

A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment
Author: Kevin Stoltz
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-06-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781885333605

Provides career practitioners and educators with detailed information concerning the history, processes, and use of assessment in career counseling and development services. Includes reviews of many types of assessments used in practice.

A Counselor's Guide to Career Assessment Instruments

A Counselor's Guide to Career Assessment Instruments
Author: Jerome T. Kapes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Trustworthy information about career assessment instruments and their value for career counseling is difficult to obtain. This text contains information and reviews of a wide range of assessment instruments. The decisions as to what instruments to include for review were based on input from an advisory committee, a review of the literature and of publisher catalogues, and the results of a survey of users. The principles underlying the decisions to select instruments for review included selecting previously reviewed instrument that have undergone extensive revisions or update, new instruments that appear to have promise of extensive use, instruments that could be used by employers to make hiring or advancement decisions, and instruments with proven utility for persons with disabilities of disadvantages. Fifty-two instruments in forty-nine test reviews comprise the heart of this volume. These are divided into six categories: Comprehensive Aptitude/Achievement and Companion Measures; Interest; Values and Satisfaction; Career Development/Maturity; Personality; and Instruments for Disabled and Disadvantaged Populations. Reviews begin with publisher-provided information, followed by a brief critical review of the instrument's strengths and limitations. Also provided is practical information which potential users can refer to in order to gauge the usefulness of an instrument. (RJM)

Tests in Print

Tests in Print
Author: Linda L. Murphy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 760
Release: 1994
Genre: Educational tests and measurements
ISBN: 9780910674539

Career Assessment

Career Assessment
Author: Rodney L. Lowman
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2021
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781433836930

This book will help career assessors offer practical guidance that can make a real difference in people's lives. Key assessment factors include occupational interests, abilities, and personality characteristics.

Career Decision Making

Career Decision Making
Author: W. Bruce Walsh
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317767357

Keeping up with new developments in vocational psychology is important to both psychological practitioners and researchers. This volume is devoted to presenting and evaluating important advances in the field of career decision making, development, and maturity. More specifically, it identifies, reports, and evaluates significant contemporary developments in vocational psychology and provides both professional workers and students with an informed understanding of the progress taking place in the field. The history and theory of the assessment of career development and decison making are explored as well as advances in career planning systems. An expanded context for the study and evaluation of career development variables is also described.

Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities

Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2019-08-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309489385

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. To receive SSDI or SSI disability benefits, an individual must meet the statutory definition of disability, which is "the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity [SGA] by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months." SSA uses a five-step sequential process to determine whether an adult applicant meets this definition. Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities examines ways to collect information about an individual's physical and mental (cognitive and noncognitive) functional abilities relevant to work requirements. This report discusses the types of information that support findings of limitations in functional abilities relevant to work requirements, and provides findings and conclusions regarding the collection of information and assessment of functional abilities relevant to work requirements.

Essentials of Career Interest Assessment

Essentials of Career Interest Assessment
Author: Jeffrey P. Prince
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2000-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Complete coverage of interpretation, test construction, applications, and reporting Expert advice on avoiding common pitfalls Conveniently formatted for rapid reference Confidently acquire the knowledge and skills you need to conduct, interpret, apply, and report career interest assessments Essentials of Career Interest Assessment provides step-by-step advice for interpreting and using today’s most popular career interest assessments, including the Strong Interest Inventory™, the Campbell™ Interest and Skill Survey, the Self-Directed Search®, and other innovative career interest assessment tools. Providing essential information required to understand and evaluate these valuable instruments, this book will help you acquire the confidence and skills Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy professionals quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of major psychological assessment instruments. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Advance Praise for essentials of career interest assessment "Presents easy-to-read, key practical information on the most popular career interest assessments. The chapters are clear and concise, presenting valuable information for professionals in applied settings.

Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes

Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes
Author: Gary D. Gottfredson
Publisher: Psychological Assessment Resources Incorporated
Total Pages: 772
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Based on John L. Holland's typology of vocational personalities and work environments ... individuals and environments are classified according to their resemblance to six ideal types: Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E), and Conventional (C)."--Cover.