The Florida International Diagnostic-Prescriptive Vocational Competency Profile was administered to 50 secondary level and 50 postsecondary level disabled trainees to establish interrater reliability and concurrent validity. Data analyses demonstrated the Profile has the technical characteristics of interrater reliability and concurrent validity.…

This guidebook provides information about the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). It is written for high school students to encourage them to use the ASVAB in their career exploration. The booklet is written in a question and answer format. Sample test items and an answer sheet for the ASVAB subtests are included. The areas…

Examined the effects of the Self-Directed Search (SDS) in the light of the participants' personal characteristics, including their expectations for the treatment. Results reveal that the majority of students seek reassurance for choices they have made. A client's decision-making difficulties may be helpful in selecting an effective treatment.…

During l978-79, the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) implemented a pilot program to develop a vocational assessment process for handicapped students from secondary special education programs. The evaluation was designed to help students identify their individual interests, skills, and potentials, and thereby plan for realistic careers in…

The appropriateness of raw score reports of human traits is questioned, especially in light of the support provided for Holland's theory by normed scores and the stereotypic career options suggested to males and females by raw scores. (Author)

This student booklet is third in an illustrated series of eleven learning activity packets for use in teaching job hunting and application procedures and the management of wages to secondary students. Three units are included in this packet: unit 1 discusses the purpose of the interview, questions frequently asked, and items that the applicant…

Vocational assessment services increasingly are being provided to disabled secondary school students as a result of recent federal legislation. Describes the need for such services, presenting a vocationally oriented psychological evaluation of a disabled adolescent. Discusses traditionally derived school psychological assessment data in…

Examined the performance of ninth-grade students on the Self-Directed Search during small group administrations monitored by a counselor. Results indicated scoring errors were high in comparison to norms. The percentage of erroneous summary codes was higher while transposition errors were lower, suggesting group administration with a proctor…

The 73 tests included in this bibliography are aptitude tests for specific occupations that require some level of manual dexterity for successful performance. Many of the tests measure manual and finger dexterity, abstract, verbal, and numeric reasoning, and motor coordination. Some of these tests are work samples requiring manipulation of actual…

ASVAB, a vocational aptitude battery designed by the Department of Defense and being offered to high schools at no cost, is examined. The instrument is found to fall short of the claims made for it, but the test may be useful for certain purposes. (Author)

Prediger confuses observations about the data with Holland's theoretical statement, performs some uninterpretable analyses, omits much relevant data, and provides an incomplete account of what psychometric authorities have said about raw scores in interest inventories. (Author)

Investigated student perceptions of occupational congruency using Holland's realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional personality and environment types. Four levels of person-environment congruency were established from the hexagonal ordering of the types. Student perceptions of congruent activities, values,…

This paper addresses the theoretical and practical concerns of transition-related career assessment for adolescents with mild disabilities. It defines assessment terms and then discusses the applicability of prominent career theories. Primary career assessment areas that support the preparation of adolescents with mild disabilities are identified.…

Finds that Holland's Self-Directed Search--Form E was a feasible method of vocational assessment for 25 rural, learning disabled, secondary students when individual assistance was provided on request. Presents scores on six occupational environments and corresponding personality types, and relationships to students' reading level and measured…

This paper reports on the development of the Audiovisual Vocational Preferences Test to facilitate career planning for adolescents and young adults with mild to moderate intellectual impairments. The strategies involved in test construction, data on initial use of the test, and improvements in format and content after pilot testing are discussed.…