This Guide serves to help career counselors and training and development professionals use assessment practices in appropriate ways to support the overarching goal of workforce development. It conveys the essential concepts of testing and assessment in easy-to-understand terms so that counselors, trainers, and other workforce development professionals can:
- evaluate and select assessment tools/procedures that provide career counseling and guidance, and aid in training and career development;
- administer and score assessment tools that are the most efficient and effective for their particular needs;
- interpret assessment results in an accurate manner; and
- understand the professional and legal standards to be followed when using tests and assessments in counseling, training, and other career development programs.
This Guide is structured around a set of assessment principles and their applications. The information is organized so that readers from a variety of backgrounds will find the information presented in a clear and useful manner.
- Each chapter covers a critical aspect of the assessment process. The issues involved in each aspect are outlined at the beginning of each chapter.
- Thirteen principles of assessment are explained in the Guide.
- It also offers a list of resource materials for those interested in more information on a particular topic, and a glossary for quick clarification of terms and concepts.
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This Guide serves to help career counselors and training and development professionals use assessment practices in appropriate ways to support the overarching goal of workforce development. It conveys the essential concepts of testing and assessment in easy-to-understand terms so that counselors, trainers, and other workforce development professionals can:
- evaluate and select assessment tools/procedures that provide career counseling and guidance, and aid in training and career development;
- administer and score assessment tools that are the most efficient and effective for their particular needs;
- interpret assessment results in an accurate manner; and
- understand the professional and legal standards to be followed when using tests and assessments in counseling, training, and other career development programs.
This Guide is structured around a set of assessment principles and their applications. The information is organized so that readers from a variety of backgrounds will find the information presented in a clear and useful manner.
- Each chapter covers a critical aspect of the assessment process. The issues involved in each aspect are outlined at the beginning of each chapter.
- Thirteen principles of assessment are explained in the Guide.
- It also offers a list of resource materials for those interested in more information on a particular topic, and a glossary for quick clarification of terms and concepts.
Imprint | Emereo Publishing |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 2010 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | August 2010 |
Editors | Jason Putman |
Dimensions | 279 x 216 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 94 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-74244-471-0 |
Barcode | 9781742444710 |
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LSN | 1-74244-471-7 |