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Test Equity in Vocational Evaluation Steven R. Sligar, Ed.D., CVE, PVE East Carolina University Test Equity in VE • Topics – Two Premises • Practitioner • Practice – Three Tools • Instruments • Techniques • Strategies Premise for Practice • Use of corroborative information – Case review/background information – Collateral informants – Interview information Tools of VE • Instruments – Tests and Work Samples • Techniques – Situational Assessment • Strategies – Accommodations – Modifications – Supports (for learning) Tests: Focus on Four Areas • • • • Achievement Aptitude Interest Other Achievement • Brief – Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT 4) • Comprehensive – Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE) – Stanford Achievement Test –Tenth Edition for use with Deaf or hard of hearing (SAT-10) – Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement (WJ III ACH) WRAT-4 Pro Con • Ages 5-94 • Spelling, reading , & sentence comprehension are untimed • Useful as quick screening for job requirements • Spelling is dictated • Reading assessed by pronunciation • Sentence comprehension is spoken • Arithmetic is timed Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE) Pro Con • Not timed • Ages >17 • Based on number of years of formal schooling • Useful in ABE or for workplace literacy • Vocabulary & Arithmetic Problem Solving (level 1) tests are dictated WJIII ACH Pro Concerns • Age 2-90+ • 19/22 subtests untimed • Select area to be measured—may use individual sections • Used to identify instructional level & services needed • 4 oral language subtests • Several subtests rely on hearing (words, sounds, taped story) , use of metaphors, and sound awareness. SAT-10 Pro Concerns • Time limits removed • Deaf norms available • Use with students in transition to postsecondary education • Limited use with adults • Developed for schools Aptitude Tests • Multiple-Aptitude Batteries – Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS) – O*Net Ability Profiler • Dexterity – Crawford Small Parts CAPS Pro Concerns • High school & college norms • 3 ability dimensions do not require reading • Specific ability screening • Career counseling • 6th grade reading level overall (required for 5/8 ability dimensions) O*Net Ability Profiler Pro Concern • Free (almost) • 8/11 subtests do not require reading • Specific ability screening • Career counseling • 6th grade reading level overall (required for 3/11 subtests) Crawford Small Parts Pro Concern • Easy to administer • Timed or untimed • Screening for jobs that require finger and manual dexterity • Limited range of jobs Intelligence Tests • Beta-III – Performance (non-verbal) • Shipley-2 – Vocabulary and Abstraction (reading level not provided) – Correlates to WAIS – Impairment Index( useful with substance users , TBI ) • Wonderlic Contemporary Cognitive Ability Test – Requires reading (reading level not provided) Interest Tests • Verbal/Written – O*Net Interest Profiler – Self-Directed Search (SDS) • Pictorial – Reading-Free Vocational Interest Inventory: 2 (RFVII:2) – Wide Range Interest and Occupation Test (WRIOT2) O*Net Interest Profiler Pro Concern • • • • • 8th grade reading level Free Holland Codes Direct link to the O*Net Useful for career counseling Self-Directed Search Pro Concern • Form E 4th grade reading level • Holland Codes • Useful for career counseling • Self-administration requires self-knowledge and familiarity with activities RFVII:2 Pro Concerns • • • • • Items focus on unskilled and semi-skilled jobs • Occupational areas do not relate to DOT, O*Net, or Holland Codes Pictorial Reading & writing free Ages >13 Manual allows for item explanation • Useful with persons who may have LD or ID WRIOT2 Pro Concern • Pictorial • Career counseling • Individual pictures useful as counseling tool • Requires some exposure to the depicted jobs Initial Order of Administration Traditional Post Secondary • Achievement • Interest • Aptitude Other • • • • Physical Capacity Brief Achievement Interest Aptitude Equity Metaphor Silk Purse Sow’s ear