chapter 5 - Assessment and Career Planning Flashcards
define assessment
the use of any formal or informal technique to collect data about a client.
how should test data be used x2
as only a part of the puzzle
not used for prediction but for identifying more options
what are the 7 steps for Assessment and the Career Planning Process
Step 1 - use an instrument to measure career maturity, career beliefs, or decision-making style
Step 2 - may use inventories to measure interests, abilities, skills, work values, or personality type
Step 3 - Score report from inventories given in Step 2 to suggest occupations.
Step 4 - Assessment not likely to be used
Step 5 - Inventories of work-related values may be used to reduce number of options.
Step 6 - Tests that predict success in college or measure achievement in specific subject matter may be used.
Step 7 - Instruments that measure work skills or personality type may be used.
what are the 3 purposes of using an assessment
learn more about the needs of clients.
learn more about the characteristics of clients (interests, abilities, skills, values), and clients can learn more about themselves.
Counselors can measure the progress of an individual or a group in matters related to career planning.
what are the 3 duties of a counselor when it comes to using assessments
follow ethical guidelines
possess knowledge about the assessment, how it can be used, how to prepare the client for doing the assessment (manual instructions), administer the assessment according to the manual, know how to interpret according to the manual
follow thru with the client with the results
what are the 5 rights of the client when it comes to using assessments
assessment is a tool to assist the client (not a panacea)
assessment should be done with clients full understanding of the assessment
treat the results with confidentiality in compliance with HIPAA
interpret the results responsibly
what are the 5 traits of an informal assessment
not necessarily scientifically reliable/valid
scores are not comparable to others
no scientifically linkage between results and choices
no standard way to interpret the results
low cost or free
what are 6 kinds of informal assessments
Checklists
Games
Career fantasies
Forced-choice activities
Card sorts
Structured interviews
what are the 6 traits of a formal assessment
May be timed, standardized tests or non-timed, standardized inventories
Standardized way to administer and interpret the instrument
Known validity (instrument measures what it claims to measure)
Known test-retest reliability (defined as the correlation between two measurements obtained in the same manner)
Fairness related to diversity (instrument adequately researched with kinds of individuals who will later take the instrument)
Has measures of comparison (compares the scores of one individual with those of others)
what are 13 examples of common interest inventories
Career Assessment Inventory (C A I)
Career Occupational Preference Survey (C O P S)
Career Quest
Harrington - O’ Shea Career Decision-Making System (C D M S)
Interest Determination, Exploration, and Assessment System (I D E A S)
Interest Explorer
Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (J V I S)
Kuder Career Interest Assessment
O*NET Interest Profiler
Self-Directed Search (S D S)
Strong Interest Inventory (S I I)
Unisex Edition of the A C T Interest Inventory (U N I A C T)
Vocational Interest Inventory
what are 5 tools to measure skills and abilities
Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (C I S S)
SkillScan
WorkKeys
Passion Revealer
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (A S V A B)
O*NET Ability Profiler
what are the 4 steps to do a test?
Step 1: Prepare clients for assessment
Step 2: Administer instrument(s) properly
Step 3: Interpret instrument(s) properly
Step 4: Follow through to assist clients to use results for action planning
what are 3 modalities to administer an assessment
Print form - manual or optical scoring; counselor interpretation
Computer - standalone or networked; administration and scoring; counselor or computer interpretation
Internet - administration, scoring, and interpretation (programmed)
what are 4 advantages of using the internet to administer a test
Assessment can be taken from anywhere 24/7
Immediate scoring and feedback
Standard interpretation, though customized for individual
Capability to share report with others electronically
what is a raw score
tally of responses from a category of the test (cannot be compared to other scores until it is further interpreted)
