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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
A longitudinal study was conducted to evaluate the U.S. Employment Service's Specific Aptitude Test Battery (SATB) for plumber/pipe fitter from three aspects: technical adequacy of the research; fairness to minorities; and usefulness in the selection of individuals for training as plumber/pipe fitter apprentices. The validation sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Apprenticeships
Bower, George L.; And Others – 1975
This Technical Research Report is primarily designed for reference by educational testing and measurement specialists as a supplemental guide to interpretation of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) results in local and state career guidance and counseling programs. This study examined the validity of specific ASVAB composities from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Career Guidance
Jensen, Harald E.; Valentine, Lonnie D., Jr. – 1976
In early 1966, the military services were directed to explore the feasibility of creating an aptitude test battery which would stimulate interest in military service, provide counselor and student information on vocational aptitudes, provide the services with information on enlistment prospects, establish mental qualifications for enlistment and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Grades (Scholastic)
McBride, James R. – 1986
An overview of the development of a computerized version of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) is presented. It describes the previously existing printed version of the DAT, design of the computerized adaptive edition, calibration of the test items for use in the computerized version, and two field studies that compared the Adaptive and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing
Gavin, Anne T. – 1977
Content validity involves a judgment that all knowledges, skills, abilities, and other worker characteristics (KSAOs) needed for successful job performance (or a specified portion, the job content domain), have been adequately sampled by the tests used for employee selection and promotion decision making. The model outlines the procedure for…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Equivalency Tests, Government Employees, Job Analysis
New York State Div. for Youth, Albany. – 1985
This guide is designed to serve as a reference to assist providers of Job Training Partnership Act-funded programs in selecting appropriate interest, aptitude, and pre-employment and job readiness tests. Descriptions of 53 interest tests, 38 aptitude tests, and 37 pre-employment and job readiness tests are provided. Each description contains…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Employment Potential, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Sticht, Thomas G.; And Others – 1982
A project was conducted to (1) produce normative data for the Literacy Assessment Battery (LAB) and (2) evaluate the LAB as a potential supplement to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for use as a selection and classification instrument for the military services. The distribution of auding and reading skills in the population…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills, Literacy
Miller, Hershel M. – 1991
A study investigated the use of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) subtests and combinations of subtest composites as placement qualifiers for the Aviation Electrician's Mate AEA(A1) school. It examined the relationship of the independent variables Arithmetic Reasoning; Math Knowledge; General Science; and Composite ASVAB score…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Aviation Education, Aviation Mechanics, Career Choice
Bower, George L.; Lewis, John R. – 1975
This supplemental guide to the interpretation of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) results in local guidance and counseling programs is designed for use by high school counselors, service test administrators, and educational specialists. This addendum to the original study presents expectancy tables for 28 civilian…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Expectancy Tables
Heath, W. D., III; And Others – 1975
A study was done to determine the relationships between the revised Occupation Analysis Inventory (OAI) work-dimension scores and job ability-requirement estimates and the ability test scores of job incumbents and graduate trainees in related vocational/technical education programs. (The OAI is an instrument containing 622 work elements which are…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude, Employees, Employment
Thomas, Dale F.; Menz, Fredrick E. – 1996
This report describes a 48-month project which developed, field tested, and evaluated the utility of the Vocational Assessment Protocol (VAP) for use with persons with traumatic brain injury resulting in a severe and persistent disability. The VAP is intended to assist in the community-based vocational rehabilitation of these individuals. The VAP…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Employment Potential, Evaluation Methods
Ruch, William W. – 1972
Statistical, legal and moral problems involved in following the EEOC guidelines are described. The guidelines require separate data for minority and non-minority groups with differential cut off scores for aptitude tests which have a racial bias. Problems reviewed include: identification of racial bias in tests is difficult; giving one race an…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Civil Rights, Decision Making, Employment Problems
Robertson, David W.; And Others – 1977
Assessment procedures were developed to identify those naval officers who would be most effective in providing career guidance services to enlisted personnel. Several tests were administered to officers performing career counseling duties. These tests included a cognitive battery, the Navy Basic Test Battery (BTB); as well as the Guilford Tests of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Answer Keys, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Kapes, Jerome T.; And Others – 1992
This paper reviews the 12 career assessment instruments that have been found to be most used in Texas with students with special needs. Two tables list the instruments along with the opinions of users concerning their qualities. The reviews follow a standard outline. Each review is one to two pages in length and provides this information: title,…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Backman, Margaret E. – 1974
The Fundamental Achievement Series (FAS) is designed to cover a range of ability from basic literacy to approximately the eighth grade. These tests are used in the employment or educational placement of adults and adolescents who have not been exposed to formal education, or the educationally disadvantaged. The FAS contains a Verbal and a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adults
