1. Vocational Industrial Organizational n Where are these tests done? n Why are they done? n Who does them?

2. Uses of assessments n Screening n Placement n Evaluation

3. Screening/placement Assessments n Physical attributes n Abilities n Interests n Personality

4. Physical attributes  Where?  What?  Why?

5. Abilities/aptitudes n Specific abilities n Batteries of aptitudes

6. Batteries of aptitudes n Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) n Created by DOD in 1960 n High school and above n Entrance into military and possible placement n 9 individual tests n Timed units n example example

7. The General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) n Occupationally oriented multi-aptitude test n Grades 9 – adult n Developed by US Department of Labor 1970 n Major revision 1996 by National Academy of Science n Scoring profile – revised 2005 n Administration requirements

8. GATB n 12 tests n 8 paper and pencil n 4 performance n Different time limits n Example of tasks Example of tasks Example of tasks

9. GATB scoring  12 tests  9 aptitudes  3 composite scores = 5 worker function codes = 5 worker function codes

10. Cognitive composite score  General learning ability  Verbal aptitude  Vocabulary  Numerical aptitude  Arithmetic reasoning  computational

11. Perceptual composite score  Spatial aptitude  Three dimensional space  Form perception  Form matching  Tool matching  Clerical perception  Name comparison

12. Psychomotor composite score  Motor coordination  Mark making  Finger dexterity  Assemble  Dissemble  Manual dexterity  Place  Turn

13. Worker function codes Dictionary of Occupational Titles n Setting up n Feeding and off-bearing n Synthesizing and coordinating n Analyzing, compiling, computing n Copying and comparing

14. Interest inventories n Career Crest n Campbell Interest and Skill Survey n Kuder Occupational Interest Survey n Self-directed Search

15. Self-directed Search n John L. Holland n 1959 – 1994 n Holland Codes of Personality Testing n RIASEC n “the choice of a vocation is an expression of personality” n New York Department of Labor New York Department of Labor New York Department of Labor n Self-directed search assessment Self-directed search assessment Self-directed search assessment