Israeli ninth-grade students (N=217) answered two interest inventories, one based on Holland's classification and one on Roe's classification. By means of a Smallest Space Analysis (SSA-I), a two-dimensional configuration was found. The findings indicate the possibility of incorporating results based on either classification. Some practical…

In the typical career appraisal, the structure of client and counselor roles and the focus of the assessments and interpretation obstruct its intended purpose in four major ways: casting clients as subordinates, discounting self-assessment by favoring counselor assessments, de-emphasizing the influence of context, and focusing on a single choice.…

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)

A study investigated the alternate forms reliability of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Forms 8, 9, 10, and 11. Usable data were obtained from 62,938 armed services applicants who took the ASVAB in January and February 1983. Results showed that the parallel forms reliability coefficients between ASVAB Form 8a and the…

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Form 14 (ASVAB-14) is a multiple aptitude test battery designed for use for civilian, as well as military, career counseling. This manual is designed for use by school guidance counselors in administration and interpretation of results of the ASVAB-14. The 1984 revision of this instrument includes…

Introduces this issue of "The Counseling Psychologist," which considers several contemporary developments and issues in the areas of testing and assessment and their relevance for counseling psychologists. Topics examined by the papers are identified, along with five additional current issues in testing and assessment. (Author/TE)

Among the constructs commonly considered by career counselors are vocational interests, aptitudes, and personality variables. Although the predictive power of each of these domains with respect to successful occupational functioning has been demonstrated, little research has been conducted on the nature of their interaction. The interrelatedness…

A COMPUTER BASED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR USE WITH VOCATIONAL TESTING AND OCCUPATIONAL DESCRIPTIVE DATA, BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. OCCUPATIONS ARE CLASSIFIED BY LEVEL OF TRAINING AND CATEGORIES OF INTEREST, COMPARED WITH STUDENT, CLASS RANK, COMPOSITE, TEST BATTERY, AND PREFERENCE SCORES. THE SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR…

A study examined the collection of 27 interest and values instruments in the review chapters of the third edition of "A Counselor's Guide to Career Assessment Instruments" (Kapes, Mastie, and Whitfield 1994) to determine their commonalities and differences. The instruments were described and compared on these sets of characteristics: name of…

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…

A study involving 169 graduate nursing students (4 males and 165 females) was conducted to assess the construct validity of the Adult Career Concerns Inventory (ACCI). The ACCI is designed to assess career concerns of adults of any age and occupation. Focused on the "planfulness" and exploration factors of the theoretical model of…

The following tests and techniques have been developed by the U.S. Emloyment Service for the measurement of occupational aptitude, clerical skills, literacy skills, and occupational interest: General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), Nonreading Aptitude Test Battery (NATB), Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB), Clerical Skills Tests, Basic…

The Swaziland Behavioural Assessment Series (SBAS) is a battery of ability tests derived from the Flanagan Aptitude Classification Tests and the Internationally Developed Tests, for use in the guidance of secondary school students towards relevant educational and vocational opportunities. The SBAS has been field tested in Swaziland. Sixteen…

Since 1972, guidance counselors at the City College of San Francisco have been using a computerized system called the Computer Assisted Occupational Survey (CAOS) to help students make career choices. CAOS uses a battery of aptitude tests to measure verbal and numerical abilities, spatial visualization, clerical perception, and general learning…

The U. S. Employment Service conducts a test-research program for developing testing tools useful in vocational counseling. This article outlines the organization, underlying concepts, accomplishments, and current efforts of the test-research program. (Author)