College and Career Assessments (NOSCA 5)

To help close opportunity and attainment gaps, I've highlighted in red career and college assessments every SC should know and share with all stakeholders in their School Counseling Programs via SCCC lessons, planning for every student, group and individual counseling, SCP Advisory Councils, and on SCP website student career and college resource tabs (and NOSCA, the National Office for School Counselor Advocacy has multiple resources on their website-- http://nosca.collegeboard.org/eight-components/college-career-assessments ):

• ACT: Resources for education (college) and workplace success including the ACT exam taken in 11th grade for college admissions www.act.org...
  
• ACT Aspire: longitudinal grades 3-11 academic, career, and college readiness assessments www.act.org/products/k-12-act-aspire
• ACT Question of the Day https://www.act.org/qotd/
• Advanced Placement (AP) Exams https://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
• ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Exams: Required for entrance into USA military services http://official-asvab.com/
• Career Cruising: K-12 Career self-exploration curriculum and planning tools including a career portfolio plan completed by end of high school that allow school counselors and parents/guardians to monitor progress toward student goals https://public.careercruising.com/en/our-solutions/k-12/
• Career Interest Game: Based on the Holland codes, an interactive digital way to assess how one's personality fits with specific work environments and careers https://career.missouri.edu/students/majors-careers/skills-interests/career-interest-game/
• Career Key: Research-based career and college major information and assessments www.careerkey.org
• Career Key map of career clusters and pathways www.careerkey.org/asp/education_options/ck_map_career_clusters.html
• Career Maps, Profiles, Exploration Brochures, Real-Time Information Tools, and In-Demand Jobs (NYC) (CUNY Center for Urban Research): http://www.gc.cuny.edu/lmis/information/career_maps
• Career OneStop: Pathways to career success www.careeronestop.org
• Career Zone (NY): Explore your future career path https://www.nycareerzone.org/
• The College Board: Connecting students to college success and opportunity (PSAT, SAT, AP Exams): (English/Español) www.collegeboard.com...
• CUNY Career Maps:
• Defining Promise: Optional standardized testing policies in American college and university admissions (Hiss & Franks, 2014 for NACAC): http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/nacac-research/Documents/DefiningPromise.pdf
• Dewey Color Career Counselor: Scientifically validated online-only career assessment from the UK www.deweycolorsystem.com/take-the-test/take-the-test
• EnScholar: Free online career development tools for K-12 students  https://enscholar.com/
• Fee Waiver Request Form for ACT test (must be requested from school counselor): http://www.actstudent.org/faq/feewaiver.html
• Fee Waiver Request Process for SAT test/SAT subject tests (combination of four total; must be requested from school counselor): http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/waivers/guidelines/sat
• GED General Educational Development Exam: Originally developed for returning WWII vets in the USA, one of three high school equivalency exams www.gedtestingservice.com
• HiSET High School Equivalency Test Exam: Administered by Educational Testing Service, which co-developed it with Iowa Testing Programs as a GED alternative https://www.hiset.ets.org
• Holland's 6 Personality Types (RIASEC): (Evidence-based research in assisting career exploration and college major selection) https://www.careerkey.org/asp/your_personality/hollands_6_personalitys.html
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma/Assessments: https://www.ibo.org/diploma/assessment/
• It's Not All About Money: Career assessment focused on interests, good fit, work/life balance, fair compensation/benefits, opportunities to build skills and advance, and environment/setting www.educationplanner.com/students/career-planning/find-careers/not-about-money.shtml
• Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS-II): Evidence-based personality type assessment to assist in career decision-making (Artisans, Guardians, Idealists, Rationals) http://www.keirsey.com/default.aspx
• Let's Get Ready: Envisioning a world where students from all socioeconomic backgrounds have equal access to the support they need to reach higher education (providing free SAT prep and college admissions advising) www.letsgretready.org
• The More You Learn the More You Learn https://www.educationplanner.com/students/career-planning/explore-salary-pay/more-learn-more-earn.shtml
• Motivated Skills Test: Identifies functional/transferrable skills, motvation levels, skills for future work, factors needed for a solid career plan, and how to apply these learnings toward career goals https://www.stewartcoopercoon.com/jobsearch/freejobsearchtests.phtml
• MyMajors: Free tool using web or phone app that allows selection of possible colleges, college majors, and careers https://www.mymajors.com/
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Understanding self and others for career development, leadership development, and career, college, and interpersonal success https://www.cpp.com/products/mbti/index.aspx
• My Next Move: O*Net free on-line interest profiler based on Holland Codes http://www.mynextmove.org/
• National Center for Fair and Accurate Testing (FAIRTEST) www.fairtest.org
• O*NET Online: Career exploration and job analysis online.onetcenter.org
  
• Occupational Employment Statistics (and wages) www.bls.gov...
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: (English)  www.bls.gov... ; (Español)  www.bls.gov
• PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) https://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/about.html
• Readistep: Academic assessment tool for middle school college and career readiness and assessing pre-high school academic achievement level skills https://readistep.collegeboard.org/
• SAT www.sat.collegeboard.org
• SAT Question of the Day: https://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day
• SAT Subject Tests: Demonstrating college readiness in specific subjects https://sat.collegeboard.org/about-tests/sat-subject-tests
• Self-Directed Search: Research-based electronic assessment to discover careers and college major(s) that match your interests and abilities www.self-directed-search.com/
• Skills Search: Identifying careers for exploration https://www.onetonline.org/skills/
• Strong Interest Inventory: Discovering interests, preferences, and personal styles for career and college-major decision-making https://www.cpp.com/products/strong/index.aspx
• Student Interest Survey for Career Clusters (English/Español) www.careertech.org/resources/clusters/interest-survey.html
• Transferrable Skills Survey https://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/car/self/career_transfer_survey.html