chapter 5 - Assessment and Career Planning Flashcards

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define assessment

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the use of any formal or informal technique to collect data about a client.

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how should test data be used x2

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as only a part of the puzzle

not used for prediction but for identifying more options

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what are the 7 steps for Assessment and the Career Planning Process

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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.

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what are the 3 purposes of using an assessment

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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.

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what are the 3 duties of a counselor when it comes to using assessments

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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

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what are the 5 rights of the client when it comes to using assessments

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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

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what are the 5 traits of an informal assessment

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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

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what are 6 kinds of informal assessments

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Checklists
Games
Career fantasies
Forced-choice activities
Card sorts
Structured interviews

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what are the 6 traits of a formal assessment

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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)

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what are 13 examples of common interest inventories

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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

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what are 5 tools to measure skills and abilities

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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

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what are the 4 steps to do a test?

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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

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what are 3 modalities to administer an assessment

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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)

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what are 4 advantages of using the internet to administer a test

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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

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what is a raw score

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tally of responses from a category of the test (cannot be compared to other scores until it is further interpreted)

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16
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what is a percentile score

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comparison of score of a person to a selected norm group

17
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what is a stanine

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dividing the percentile score into 9 ranges

18
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what is a standard score

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uses standard deviation to show how far a person is from the median score (50th percentile) of a distribution of scores

19
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what is a band of confidence

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range in which a score falls

20
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what are the 8 steps in selection of an assessment

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Determine purpose of assessment (what do you want to measure)
Consider traits of the client to be aware of
Determine if norm group for instrument includes characteristics of persons to be tested.
Investigate the reliability and validity of the instrument.
Read critical reviews and talk to other professionals.
Acquire a sample copy, take it, and read publisher’s materials.
Administer instrument to a few individuals and practice interpretation.
Determine cost and options for administration and scoring.