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Refreshing Your Testing Toolkit What’s New? What’s Revised? What are You Missing? Presented by: Dr. Deirdre Pickerell, CHRP, GCDFi Life Strategies Ltd. Setting the Scene Getting Started Refreshing My Testing Toolkit Agenda SETTING THE SCENE A Pan-Canadian Perspective Little overlap between what is taught vs. used Evidence of a “one size fits all” approach Most commonly used for career exploration and planning Tool effectiveness impacted selection decisions Rich mixture of informal and standardized assessments Interest assessment widely used for career decision-making FLMM-CDSWG, 2009 Influences on Testing Choices Proposal requests (RFPs) Mandates and contracts Familiarity and habit Budget Qualifications Marketing Canadian Standards / Guidelines: Area of Specialization—S1 Assessment Knowledge • Describe assessment instruments and methods Skill Competencies • Identify appropriate standardized career assessments and informal assessment methods • Explore appropriate instruments and procedures with clients • Use standardized career assessments • Review and evaluate results with clients Assessment . . . Processes Models Tools/Tests Types of Assessment Tools/Tests Informal • • • • Checklists Games Fantasies Forced-choice activities • Card sorts • Structured interviews Formal • • • • • • Needs Interests Skills Aptitude/Achievement Work Values Personal Style Emerging Approaches to Assessment Tools Assessment tools are not “magic bullets” They are useful for … • Gathering data • Providing some (not all) pieces of the puzzle • Exploration vs. prediction Best practices include engaging the test-taker in • Choosing what to assess • Interpreting the results • Converting test results into goals and action GETTING STARTED Before You Start Test? No Test? Testing Considerations Location Distraction Level Security / Supervision Client Accommodation Computers Requirements Budget and Mandate Timeline • Onsite / Offsite/ Online • Public vs. private space • Group vs. individual • Proctoring • Physical / Language • Online / Computer scored • Consumable vs. Non-consumable • Funder/employer preferred / program goal • Administration and scoring • Interpretation Qualification Levels C Level B Level A Level • Unrestricted • Anyone can purchase / use • University training in tests and measurements • Specific training • Advanced training / supervision • PhD / Registered Psychologist Assessment Framework Reproduced with permission from Career Pathways 2nd Ed. (Amundson & Poehnell, 2008) Do You Know What’s Available? Ask others • What are your colleagues using? Why? Look online • What is available through test publishers? Bookmark helpful resources • Publisher websites • Buros’ Mental Measurements Yearbook • http://buros.org/mental-measurements-yearbook Test Publishers Example: Research Psychologist Press (Sigma) Ashland Interest Assessment Career Directions Inventory Employee Screening Questionnaire2 Five-Factor Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire Jackson Career Explorer Jackson Vocational Interest Survey Leadership Skills Profile - Development Report Multidimensional Emotional Intelligence Assessment Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised Personnel Assessment Form SIGMA Survey for Police Officers Six Factor Personality Questionnaire REFRESHING MY TESTING TOOLKIT Considerations… There are countless assessment tools available This presentation introduces just a few • To illustrate a range of test formats and content • To whet your appetite for further exploration These are not recommendations or “best picks” • Many good assessments are not included here • Some of these assessments may not fit your clients • A “one size fits all” approach is not recommended Assessing Skills Card Sorts • Motivated Skills (Dick Knowdell) • SkillScan Aptitude / General • Multi-Aptitude Battery (MAB) Intelligence Achievement / Grade Level Emotional Intelligence • Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT4) • BarOn Eqi • MEIA Motivated Skills Cards Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • Motivated Skills • Richard L. Knowdell • n.d. • Level A • Card Sort • Online • 54 • Workbook / Worksheet also available Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/career-assessments-79/knowdell-card-sorts-153/ SkillScan Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • SkillScan • Lesah Beckhusen • 2009 • Level A • Card Sort • Online • Professional: 64 • Advanced: 60 Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/career-assessments-79/skillscan-card-sorts-151/ Transferable Skills Scale Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • TSS • John Liptak & Laurence Shatkin • 2011 • Level A • Paper-and-pencil • 96 Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/career-assessments-79/jist-assessments150/transferable-skills-scale-tss-10-2425.html Others Aptitude Achievement Emotional Intelligence Multi-Aptitude Battery-II Wide Range Achievement Test Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0 Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement Multi-Dimensional Emotional Intelligence Assessment Assessing Interests Holland Self-Directed Search (SDS) Career Decision-Making System (CDMS) Career Exploration Inventory (CEI) Career Directions Inventory (CDI) Ashland Interest Inventory (AII) Strong Interest Inventory (SII) Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS) Holland Self-Directed Search Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • SDS • John Holland • 1994 (4th ed., Canadian) • Level A • Paper-and-pencil • Online • 217 Source: http://www.self-directed-search.com/ Career Decision-Making System Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • CDMS • Arthur J. O'Shea & Rich Feller • 2008 (Canadian ed.) • Level A • Paper-and-pencil • 120 Source: http://www.pearsonassess.ca/en/programs/00/63/36/p006336.html?prodCategor y=psychological-vocational Career Exploration Inventory (5th ed) Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • CEI • John J. Liptak • 2015 • Level A • Paper-and-pencil • 128 Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/career-assessments-79/jist-assessments150/career-exploration-inventory-cei-the-5th-edition-11-824.html Career Directions Inventory Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • CDI • Douglas N. Jackson • 2000 • Level A • Paper-and-pencil • Online • 100 Source: http://www.sigmaassessmentsystems.com/assessments/cdi.asp Ashland Interest Assessment Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • AIA • Douglas N. Jackson & Connie W. Marshall • 1997 • A Level • Paper-and-pencil • Online • 144 Source: http://www.sigmaassessmentsystems.com/assessments/aia.asp Jackson Vocational Interest Survey Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • JVIS • Douglas N. Jackson • 1999 • A Level • Paper-and-pencil • Online • 289 Source: http://www.sigmaassessmentsystems.com/assessments/jvis.asp Strong Interest Inventory Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • SII • E. K. Strong Jr. • 2012 • B Level • Paper-and-pencil • Online • 291 Source: http://www.psychometrics.com/en-us/assessments/stronginterest-inventory.htm Assessing Values Card Sorts • Planning on Purpose Cards • Career Values Cards Surveys • Work Motivation Scale • Career Values Scale Informal • Informal Work Values Checklist • Corporate Culture Audit Planning on Purpose Cards Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • Planning on Purpose • Hudson Institute • n.d. • Level A • Card Sort • 66 Source: http://hudsoninstitute.com/product/planning-on-purpose-card-deck/ Career Values Cards Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • Career Values • Richard L. Knowdell • n.d. • Level A • Card Sort • Online • 54 • Workbook / Worksheet also available Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/career-assessments-79/knowdell-card-sorts153/?zenid=9daa536042de03fe5d703dc1e050898e Work Motivation Scale Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • WMS • Robert P. Brady • 2008 • Level A • Paper-and-Pencil • 32 Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/career-assessments-79/jist-assessments150/work-motivation-scale-wms-10-2689.html Career Values Scale Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • CVS • Donald MacNab, Shawn Bakker, and George Fitzsimmons • 2002 • Level A • Online • 88 Source: https://www.psychometrics.com/en-us/assessments/career-survey.htm Informal Work Values Checklist Aesthetics Belonging Challenge Competition Creativity Independence Knowledge Leadership Money People Publicity Quality Stability Source: Career Strategies for a Lifetime of Success (p. 192) Informal Corporate Culture Audit Artefacts Insider “Language” Common Employee Traits Source: Career Strategies for a Lifetime of Success (p. 154) Assessing Personal Style Temperament • Personality Dimensions • True Colours Personality Type Five Factor Models • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) • Majors Personality Type Indicator (PTI) • Type Focus • NEO-FFI • NEO PI-3 • Six Factor Personality Questionnaire (SFPQ) Other • Work Personality Index Work Personality Index Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • WPI • Psychometrics • 2014 • Level A • Paper-and-pencil • Online • 198 Source: http://www.psychometrics.com/en-us/assessments/work-personality.htm Type Focus Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • Type Focus • David J. Wood • 1997 • Level A • Online • 62 Source: https://www.typefocus.com/beforelogin/why_typefocus Career Personality Inventory Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • Career Personality Inventory • John J. Liptak • 2010 • Level A • Paper-and-pencil • 80 Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/career-assessments-79/jistassessments-150/career-personality-inventory-cpi-10-3249.html True Colours Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format • True Colours • Don Lowry • 1978 • Level B • Paper-and-pencil • Online Items Source: https://truecolorsintl.com/ Personality Dimensions Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • PD • Lynda McKim • 2003 • Level B • Paper-and-pencil • Online • Card Sort • Traits & Characteristics Checklist • Introversion/Extraversion Quiz Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • MBTI • Isabel Briggs Myers & Katharine C. Briggs • 2010 • Level B • Paper-and-pencil • Online • Step I – 93 • Step II - 144 Sources: http://www.psychometrics.com/en-us/assessments/mbti_stepi.htm and http://www.psychometrics.com/en-us/assessments/mbti_stepii.htm Majors Personality Type Indicator Majors Personality Type Elements Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • MajorsPTI & MajorsPTE • Mark S. Majors • 2011 • Level B • Paper-and-pencil (PTI only) • Online • MajorsPTI – 52 • MajorsPTE - 127 Source: http://career-lifeskills.com/majors-assessments-145/ Six Factor Personality Questionnaire Acronym Authors Date of Publication Qualifications Format Items • SFPQ • Douglas N. Jackson, Sampo V. Paunonen, & Paul F. Tremblay • 2000 • Level B • Paper-and-pencil • Online • 108 Source: http://www.sigmaassessmentsystems.com/assessments/sfpq.asp Other Tests and Tools (JIST) Ability Explorer Interview Style Inventory Assessing Barriers to Education Job Search Attitude Inventory Barriers to Employment Success Job Search Knowledge Scale Career and Life Explorer Job Survival and Success Scale Career Planning Scale Military-to-Career Transition Inventory Career Priorities Profile Re-Employment Success Inventory College Survival and Success Scale Transition-to-Work Inventory College-to-Career Transition Inventory Work Activities Matcher Employability Skills Inventory Work Readiness Inventory Other Tests and Tools ACER Mechanical Reasoning Test ACER Select Series Career Beliefs Inventory Career Factors Inventory Exam Preparation Inventory Five Factor Wellness Inventory Salient Beliefs Review Style Matters: Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Inventory Final Thoughts Define Your “Client” Individual 3rd Party Referrer Funder Get Informed Consent What is being done? How will it help? Why? By whom? What are the risks? What happens with the results? What are my options? What happens if I choose not to continue? Know What You Need Online • • • • Manual Test Codes Computer Internet Access Paper-and-Pencil • • • • • Manual Assessment Booklets Record Forms Templates for Scoring Worksheets/Workbooks Think Before You Buy Is the tool appropriate for my purpose? Is it a reliable/valid measure? Am I qualified to administer the tool? What is the age / reading level? How long does it take to administer? How long does it take to score? Make Sure You . . . Have a goal Consider all options Monitor appropriateness Consider culture, competency, comfort Allow sufficient time Remember Don’t be wooed by marketing campaigns • Do your research • Read the manual Don’t just rely on the status quo • Find alternatives • Go beyond your favourites Take the tools yourself Use the most recent version • Understand the changes that occurred and why