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Download full textOregon Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Salem. – 1994
Intended for use by institutions and agencies providing career assessment and guidance services, this reference guide provides information about the selection of appropriate career assessment instruments. The 30 career assessment instruments included in the publication are listed under the following broad categories: multiple aptitude batteries;…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests
Barton, Paul E. – 1990
A series of studies of the experience of employers with schools and their graduates in the 1980s has established that employers want employees with cognitive and subject matter skills, but with other skills as well. These skills are summarized, and the development of an Employment Readiness Profile is proposed, which would be an assessment…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Assessment, Employers, Employment Potential
Holburn, P. T. – 1992
Research is reported on four tests commonly used in South Africa to select apprentices, the Intermediate Mental Alertness Test, the High Level Figure Classification Test, the Blox Test, and the Mechanical Comprehension Test. Samples were as follows: (1) 206 Asian, 208 Black, 102 Coloured, and 99 White mostly male applicants for sugar industry…
Descriptors: Adults, Apprenticeships, Blacks, Comparative Testing
Kapes, Jerome T. – 1995
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…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration
Makinen, Raimo, Ed.; Taalas, Matti, Ed. – 1993
This publication consists of 14 selected papers prepared for an international workshop on the problems and relationship between producing vocational competencies for skilled-worker level occupations and controlling and certifying these competencies. Part I outlines the production life and labor market contexts of vocational training and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Developed Nations, Educational Certificates
Maher, Thomas G. – 1993
A general evaluation design was developed to examine the effectiveness of a computer-based, multimedia simulation test on California smog check mechanics. The simulation test operated on an Apple Macintosh IIci, with a single touchscreen color monitor controlling a videodisc player; it had three parts: introduction-tutorial-help, data, and test.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Earles, James A.; Ree, Malcolm James – 1991
Many multiple aptitude test batteries, including the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT), used for assigning or classifying individuals to jobs or for occupational counseling have subtests covering a broad range of content such as science, mathematics, reading, vocabulary, perceptual, mechanical, or technical knowledge. This content reflects…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Classification
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1989
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a non-profit organization of personnel assessment professionals involved in public personnel assessment. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers are presented. The keynote address is "Ability Testing in the 1980's and Beyond: Some Major Trends" by A.…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation, Decision Making
Hilson Research Inc., Kew Gardens, NY. – 1992
Abstracts, titles, and sources are given for documents concerning the Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) and Inwald Survey 3 (IS3). The following titles are included: (1) "Five-Year Follow-Up Study of Departmental Terminations as Predicted by 16 Preemployment Psychological Indicators"; (2) "The Predictive Validity of Psychological…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing
Darany, Theodore; And Others – 1992
One way for agencies to reduce fiscal stress is to minimize employee turnover. A project undertaken by San Bernardino County (California) to reduce employee turnover through the development, validation, and use of a non-traditional worker selection instrument (biographical inventory) is described. This project was aimed at the specific…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Cognitive Tests, Financial Support, Individual Characteristics
Flesher, Jeffrey W. – 1993
Electronic troubleshooting expertise was explored in the three contexts (design, production, and repair) that reflect distinct problem solving task environments. The purpose of the effort was to provide a more precise definition of the boundaries of expertise in electronics troubleshooting and the relationship of context to the development of…
Descriptors: Ability, Computer Simulation, Context Effect, Electronics Industry
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1985
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Personnel Management Association for individuals engaged in professional level public personnel assessment. Author-generated summaries/outlines of papers presented at the IPMAAC's 1985 conference are provided. Three papers are…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Item Bias
International Personnel Management Association, Washington, DC. – 1981
The International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council (IPMAAC) is a section of the International Personnel Management Association dedicated to the improvement of public personnel assessment in such fields as selection and performance evaluation. Before the IPMAAC's fifth annual conference in 1981, four workshops were conducted on…
Descriptors: Assessment Centers (Personnel), Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Methods, Job Analysis
Raymond, Mark R.; Houston, Walter M. – 1990
Performance rating systems frequently use multiple raters in order to improve the reliability of ratings. However, unless all candidates are rated by the same raters, some candidates will be at an unfair advantage or disadvantage solely because they were rated by more stringent or lenient raters. To obtain fair and accurate evaluations of…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Simulation, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1986
Among the most often discussed reforms for the teaching profession is the creation of a national board to develop standards and procedures for teacher certification. As a step toward forming such a board, a study was undertaken to determine the regulatory and assessment structures in other professions and the accuracy of reformers' understanding…
Descriptors: Accounting, Architecture, Certification, Dentistry
