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Download full textKelley, John M. – 1977
This paper describes in some detail Siegfreid's Process Mapping Model for describing human performance. The model's application to task analysis and the advantages of using it when constructing assessment strategies and instruments are discussed. Examples of the model's use in building portfolios, behavioral rating scales, and skill demonstration…
Descriptors: Adults, Counselor Performance, Employees, Evaluation Methods
Moors, Donald C.; Reed, Philip L. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1980
Singer Vocational Evaluation Systems in use in Nova Scotia create a simulated work setting with which the individual can readily identify and experience job tasks in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Work behavior and performance are evaluated to identify what individuals can and like to do. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Exploration, Interest Inventories
Clermont-Warren Service Delivery Area #12, OH. – 1990
A project coordinated through Job Training Partnership Act programs and local educational organizations in Clermont and Warren Counties of Ohio attempted to identify persons in the clerical field who were unemployed or whose employment opportunities were limited by a lack of technological skills. A commercially developed assessment was used with…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Oregon State Dept. of Human Resources, Salem. – 1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Waiter/Waitress (Informal) is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research, (2) fairness to minorities, and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training as…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Hospitality Occupations, Job Analysis
1982
The United States Employment Service (USES) Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for Refinery Operator is evaluated from three points of view: (1) technical adequacy of the research; (2) fairness to minorities; and (3) usefulness of the battery to Employment Service staff and employers in selecting individuals for training in refinery operator…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Qualifications, Job Analysis, Occupational Tests
Peer reviewedRosinger, George; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1982
Describes the development of a behaviorally based performance appraisal system for assessing the performance of highway patrol personnel. The items in the present scale were developed to describe proficiency levels of specific job tasks. This characteristic is expected to enhance the objectivity of the evaluation system. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance
Peer reviewedLevinson, Edward M.; Ohler, Denise L.; Caswell, Steve; Kiewra, Kathleen – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1998
Discusses the construct of career maturity, and reviews research that identifies factors associated with it. Describes six measurement instruments and reviews their uses and psychometric properties. Summarizes information about these measures in two tables. Discusses issues associated with the assessment of career maturity. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Change, Career Choice
Taylor, Terence R. – 1990
Because intelligence and culture are inextricably intertwined, the measurement of ability is difficult. Test material inevitably reflects the culture of the test developer. As a consequence of this culture-boundedness, a test might not measure the same thing in another culture, and scores might not be comparable across cultures. There are three…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedHolmes, Susan E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
A specific application of test equating is described, namely that of credentialing examination programs in the health professions. Considered are: (1) the role of test equating in the credentialing process; and (2) the issues that must be considered when implementing test equating in a credentialing examination program. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Data Collection, Equated Scores
Thomsett, Michael C. – Graduating Engineer, 1988
Reviews a number of tests that persons applying for engineering jobs may encounter including drugs, honesty, polygraph, personality and job skills tests. Discusses some problems with tests. Defines discrimination in hiring. States that job applicants usually will not take a test for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, College Students, Employment Practices, Employment Qualifications
[Cieutat, V. J.; Snider, J. C.]
Activities of the Test Development and Research Office (TEDRO), a division of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), are described. The WAEC is an international educational and professional testing organization established to serve its four member countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia. The U.S. Agency for International…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Developing Nations, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K; Rogers, H. Jane – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Technical advances of the last 15 years in measurement theory and practice are described, notably criterion-referenced testing, item response theory, and computers and testing. Several remaining problems concerning the development and validation of credentialing examinations are also considered. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Computer Assisted Testing, Credentials, Criterion Referenced Tests
Johnson, Charles E.; And Others – 1980
The Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI) were designed to determine (for certification purposes) how well teachers can demonstrate certain minimum teaching skills considered essential to effective teaching. An analysis of the five instruments which compose the TPAI is presented. The topics of the five instruments are: teaching plans…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Media Selection
Honig, Jan; Jonas, Judy – 1982
The Vocational Assessment Project for the Deaf tested the vocational interests, skills, and abilities of deaf adults in New Jersey so that accurate recommendations for vocational training and employment could be made. The work samples and psychometric tests, while similar to those used for the adult population at large, were specifically chosen…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Career Counseling, Deafness
Funk, Gerald W. – 1979
A project continued activity to improve the occupational competency assessment program for evaluating and certifying vocational education teachers. Development of new testing was continued by Temple University, The Pennsylvania State University, and University of Pittsburgh. Workshops for test developers were conducted to ensure standardization of…
Descriptors: Competence, Examiners, Minimum Competency Testing, Occupational Tests
