Vocational Assessments

VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS

APTITUDE

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) – U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command - www.asvabprogram.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=overview.test

Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test (BMTC) – Harcourt Assessment http://harcourtassessment.com

Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS) – Educational and Industrial Testing Service (EDITS) - www.career-lifeskills.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24, www.edits.net/caps.html Computerized Assessment (COMPASS) – VALPAR International Corporation – http://www.valparint.com/pro3000.htm Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) – www.harcourtau.com/default.asp?action=article&ID=46 McCarron Dial Vocational System – www.mccarrondial.com Street Survival Skills Questionnaire – www.mccarrondial.com TEACCH Transition Assessment Profile (TTAP) – 2nd Edition, Pro Ed, Incorporated www.proedinc.com , 1-800-897-3202 http://www.teacch.com/documents/TTAPSalesinfo.htlm

COMPUTER SOFTWARE & INFORMATION SYSTEMS

CHOICES – Careerware: ISM System Corporation, www.bridges.com COIN - www.coin3.com CDM Harrington O’Shea – http://ags.pearsonassessments.com/group.asp?nGroupInfoID=a12633 DISCOVER - http://www.act.org/discover/overview/index.html SIGI Plus - www.valparint.com/sigi.htm MECA – www.conovercompany.com/Products/MECA/MECA.htm

Compiled by Elaine Colburn – Luzerne IU 18, Ellen Cummings – Northeastern IU 19, Donna Hibshman & Wendy Smith – Carbon Lehigh IU 21, Yona Diamond-Dansky & Barbara Mazurek – Bucks County IU 22, Gail Katch – Montgomery IU 23, Cindy Bortner - Chester County IU24, Sheree Parkinson - Delaware County IU 25 INTEREST & APTITUDE

Apticom – Vocational Research Institute (VRI) – no longer being sold, replaced by Career Scope - www.vri.org/careerscope Career Assessment Inventory (CAI) – www.pearsonassessments.com/tests/cai_e.htm Career Scope, 2002 – Vocational Research Institute (VRI), www.vri.org/careerscope or [email protected], 1-215-875-7387 (Philadelphia) Enderle – Severson Transition Rating Scales – www.estr.net

GEIST Picture Inventory, Revised (GPII-R) – Western Psychological Services http://portal.wpspublish.com/portal/page? _pageid=53,69273&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Keys 2 Work – Smart Futures - www.keys2work.com/about/about.asp or http://www.smartfutures.org/, 1-412-288-3900, Pittsburgh Kuder Career Search with Person Match – www.kuder.com/publicweb/kcs_manual.aspx#overview Practical Assessment Exploration System (PAES) – Talent Assessment www.talentassessment.com/programs_paes.php Strong Interest Inventory – http://www.cpp.com/products/strong/index.asp WOIS Career Explorer – WOIS/The Career Information System – www.wois.org/about/products/career_explorer.cfm

INTEREST Brikman Colors Career Style Mini – Quiz – www.brhsbruins.org/faculty/stephan/career/Quizl.htm Career Cluster Inventory – www.careerclusters.org CDM Harrington O’Shea – Pearson Assessments – http://ags.pearsonassessments.com/group.asp?nGroupInfoID=a12633 Choices Planner Interest Profiler & Choices Planner Work Value Locator www.bridges.com COIN – Ebsco Publishing – www.coin3.com COPS – Educational and Instructional Testing Service –www.edits.net/caps.html

Compiled by Elaine Colburn – Luzerne IU 18, Ellen Cummings – Northeastern IU 19, Donna Hibshman & Wendy Smith – Carbon Lehigh IU 21, Yona Diamond-Dansky & Barbara Mazurek – Bucks County IU 22, Gail Katch – Montgomery IU 23, Cindy Bortner - Chester County IU24, Sheree Parkinson - Delaware County IU 25 Discover – ACT - http://www.act.org/discover/overview/index.html McCarron Dial Interest Inventory - www.mccarrondial.com INTEREST - Continued - Envision Your Career – Jist Pub. – www.jist.com O Net Internet Profiler, 2000, U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Division – http://online.onetcenter.org or http://www.onetcenter.org/tools.html Pictorial Inventory of Careers – www.talentassessment.com/programs_pic.php- Picture Interest Career Survey - Jist Pub. – www.jist.com Reading-Free Vocational Inventory: 2 http://pdassoc.com/rfus.html Self-Directed Search – Psychological Assessment Resources – www.self-directed-search.com/aboutsds.html Strong Interest Inventory - http://www.cpp.com/products/strong/index.asp

WORK ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR, SELF DETERMINATION and TEMPERAMENT TESTS

AIR Self Determination Scale & User Guide www.ou.edu/zarrow/AIR%20S-D%20Parent.pdf

Bridges: Making the Transition from School to Work – J. Weston Walch Publishing, 1999.

Brigance Employability Skills Inventory – Curriculum Associates www.curriculumassociates.com/products/detail.asp?title=BrigESI

Choicemaker Self-Determination Assessment http://web.uccs.edu/education/special/self_determination/cmcr_assessment.html

(FISH) The Functional Independence Skills Handbook http://www.functionalability.com/fish/index.html

Hall Occupational Orientation Inventory – Scholastic Testing Service www.ststesting.com/h04a.html

Self-Determination Scale & User Guide Compiled by Elaine Colburn – Luzerne IU 18, Ellen Cummings – Northeastern IU 19, Donna Hibshman & Wendy Smith – Carbon Lehigh IU 21, Yona Diamond-Dansky & Barbara Mazurek – Bucks County IU 22, Gail Katch – Montgomery IU 23, Cindy Bortner - Chester County IU24, Sheree Parkinson - Delaware County IU 25 www.psych.rochester.edu/SDT/measures/word/SDSfull.doc

WORK ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR, SELF DETERMINATION and TEMPERAMENT TESTS - Continued - SIB-R – Scales of Independent Behavior – Riverside Publishing Co. www.riverpub.com/products/sibr/index.html

TTAP – Teach Transition Assessment Profile, 2007, Pro Ed, Incorporated www.proedinc.com or 1-800-897-3202

Compiled by Elaine Colburn – Luzerne IU 18, Ellen Cummings – Northeastern IU 19, Donna Hibshman & Wendy Smith – Carbon Lehigh IU 21, Yona Diamond-Dansky & Barbara Mazurek – Bucks County IU 22, Gail Katch – Montgomery IU 23, Cindy Bortner - Chester County IU24, Sheree Parkinson - Delaware County IU 25