Pearson - Clinical and Talent Assessment - Australia and New Zealand

The IDEAS™ assessment is designed to be used in conjunction with career exploration and guidance units. The IDEAS inventory helps students and adults develop an awareness of possible career choices. The IDEAS test offers 16 Basic Scales based upon the widely-accepted RIASEC themes.

How to Use This Inventory

Ideal for the classroom, materials are self-contained for administration, scoring, and interpretation by students, usually within a single class period.

Teachers and counsellors can use the IDEAS inventory with junior high, middle school, and high schools students in conjunction with career programs and guidance units to help students:

• Familiarise themselves with careers and the world of work

• Explore career paths that match their interests and aptitudes

• Explore higher education alternatives

• Plan their high school coursework

• Develop an awareness of likes and dislikes that can have a bearing on career development and direction

The adult version of the inventory can be used with adults re-entering the job market to help:

• Indentify interests for individuals with limited work experience

• Plan for a meaningful vocation upon retirement

 Key Features

• Students use the IDEAS workbook to develop their own profiles and action plans.

• The workbook also provides specific occupational information and references to the O*NET™ codes and the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

• Individual results usually can be understood with minimal interpretation by a teacher or counselor.

• Item topics include school subjects, occupational titles and activities at a 6th-grade reading level to help ensure that the inventory is relevant to students.

Report Options

IDEAS Test Booklet includes instructions for self-scoring
Individuals score their own responses and record results on a profile grid. Combined gender norms are provided for use in comparing their scores with those of other individuals of their own age. Descriptive paragraphs and references to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) are also included in the test booklet. The IDEAS manual provides additional information about how to interpret an individual’s score based on the six RIASEC themes.

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