Vocational & Career

Tools to measure the literacy skills and abilities of adults, guide students in career or course selection, or prepare students to transition from school-to-career or school-to-college

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Adult Basic Learning Examination, Second Edition (ABLE)

ABLE is appropriate for use with adults in a variety of adult education programs, including Tech Prep programs, GED programs, and adult literacy programs. The content is appropriate for adults and accommodates the non-reader.

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Publication Date : 1986
Administration : Untimed; each level averages 2 hours, 40 minutes
Screening Battery: 1 hour
Qualification Level : A-Level

Campbell™ Interest and Skill Survey (CISS®)

Vocational interest and skills inventory with career planner for college-bound or college-educated individuals.

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Ages/Grades : 15 years and older
Administration : Paper-and-pencil, computer, or Internet administration
Administer to: Individuals 15 years and older
Completion Time: 25 minutes (200 interest and 120 skill items, 6-point response scale)
Reading Level: 6th grade
Report Options: Profile
Qualification Level : B,Q2-Level

Career Interest Inventory (CII)

The Career Interest Inventory (CII) is a career-guidance instrument designed to provide information about students' educational goals, interest in a variety of school subjects and school-related activities, and interest in fields of work. This information helps students explore educational and occupational alternatives, learn about careers, and set goals for the future. The Career Interest Inventory was standardized with the Differential Aptitude Tests®, Fifth Edition (DAT®), providing students' aptitude and interest comparisons when the two tests are given together.

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Publication Date : 1990
Ages/Grades : 7 through 12 and adults
Administration : Approximately 30 minutes
Qualification Level : B-Level

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Differential Aptitude Tests®, Fifth Edition (DAT®)

The Differential Aptitude Tests®, Fifth Edition (DAT®), provides a valid and reliable assessment tool for course and career selection. It measures students' abilities in verbal reasoning, language usage, numerical reasoning, mechanical reasoning, and space relations. The Counselor's Report, available from combined administration of DAT and the Career Interest Inventory, provides an effective starting point for career discussion with counselors, parents, and students. Level 1 is primarily for students in grades 7 through 9; Level 2 is primarily for students in grades 10 through 12 and adults. Both levels can be used with basic adult education, community college, vocational/technical, and correctional programs.

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Publication Date : 1990
Ages/Grades : 7 through 12 and adults
Administration : Complete Battery Working Time: 2.5 hours
Partial Battery Working Time: 1.5 hours
Qualification Level : B-Level

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Wide Range Interest and Occupation Test—Second Edition (WRIOT—2)

Use pictorial inventory to assist all individuals with career choices

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Ages/Grades : 9 to 90 years
Administration : Individual or Group Picture book or CD
Qualification Level : B-Level