Assessment Chapter 12: Assessment of Aptitude

Aptitude tests measure _____ and _____ in order to determine one's potential.

a) acquired knowledge b) innate ability

Aptitude tests are assessments used to assess an individual's:

ability to perform in future tasks

General Aptitude Test Better (GATB)

designed for use by employment counselors to find applicants to fill state jobs purpose to screen large numbers of applicants grades 9-12, and adults 2.5 hours to complete

Aptitude definition

innate or acquired ability to be good at something.

The ASVAB has evidence of criterion-related validity because

it can be predictive of individual success in related programming

Aptitude tests

measure an individual's capacity, or potential, for performaing a given skill or task used to predict what that person is capable of doing in the future

Aptitude tests assessing whether or not children are prepared to attend school are called

readiness tests

Ability

a skill you have already developed

Multiple aptitude test batteries

consist of a series of subtests that assess several aptitudes at one time used in educational & vocational counseling Examples: ASVAB, DAT, GATB, CAPS

Differential Aptitude Tests

designed to measure an individual's ability to learn or to succeed in a number of areas useful for exploring academic & vocational possibilities grades 7-12 & adults 8 areas such as mechanical reasoning, space relations lack of independence of some scales

Specialized aptitude tests

measure specific abilities/single aptitude

Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS)

multiple-aptitude test batterty designed to measure vocationally relevant abilities can be used for matching student to occupational requirements

Psychomotor ability aptitude test

person's capacity to perform body motor movements with precision, coordination, or strength

The main psychometric component used when examining the results of an admissions tests is:

predictive validity

Graduate Record Examinations (GRE)

taken by individuals applying to graduate schools general test & subtests about undergraduate

Readiness tests

used for kindigarteners. Used to predict success when a child enters school most of these tests focus on: physical, social & emotional, learning, language, cognitive & general knowledge

ASVAB

used to identify how people would fit in the military most widely used multiple-aptitude test battery in the world norm-referenced 8 tests 3 hrs

Admission tests/entrance exams

used to predict performance in a particular educational program Example: SAT, ACT, MAT, GRE issues with validity with these tests