The Reading-Free Vocational Interest Inventory-Third Edition (RFVII-3) is a nonverbal measure of vocational interests of users frrom Grade 5 through adult. It uses illustrations of individuals engaged in different occupations to measure the vocational likes and dislikes of students and adults who have intellectual disabilities or learning disabilities, are struggling readers, or anyone who preffers a pictorial display. No reading or writing is required.
Authors: Katherine O. Synatschk & Ralph L. Becker Ages: Grade 5 to Adult Testing Time: 15 to 30 minutes Administration: Individual or group Reading Level: No reading required
Matches vocational interests with potential careers and career clusters
All scoring is completed online
80 full-color, beautifully illustrated items contain three images of people engaged in a wide range of occupations
Aligns interests with the 16 Career Clusters defined by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor and People/Data/Things classification
Generates a thorough individualized Interpretative Report containing interactive links to O*NET Online resources from each of the 16 Career Clusters
The RFVII-3 is easy to administer and score. Although there is no time limit, it can be administered in 15 to 30 minutes to groups or individuals. For each of the 80 items, examinees select the one illustration out of three that they find most interesting. The RFVII-3 displays a wide range of occupations from those requiring little to no training to those for which considerable training is needed.
Afte completing the survey, users are shown vivid, on-screen results aligning their interests with the 16 Career Clusters defined by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor and People/Data/Things classifications. The 16 Career Clusters, a framework used by schools and state agencies to organize jobs and career information to make it more accessible to consumers, counselors, and others exploring jobs and occupations, can then be compared and explored based on the the examinee's interests.
The online scoring feature generates a personalized, in-depth, printable interpretative Report with links to O*NET information about jobs and training by Career Cluster. Easy-to-access, thorough information if instantly available to users. A Group Report is also available.
The RFVII-3 is appropriate for use by teachers, psychologists, counselors, or other vocational and educational personnel in school, career and technology programs, sheltered employment centers, vocational rehabilitation centers, and other job training and career placement facilities. Reliability studies examined test-retest reliability and the equivalency between paper and online administration. Test-retest reliability coefficients range from .63 to .87 (large to very large) and and equivalency coefficients range from .79 to .89 (very large). Items for the RFVII-3 were developed after a thorough review of the current literature, which supports the content-description validity of the test. Extensive field-testing was completed with populations ranging in age from Grade 5 through age 65; students in general education, special education, ESL classes, community-based programs for young adults with intellectual disabilities, and college classes.
Complete Kit Includes: RFVII-3 User's Manual, 25 Inventory Booklets for Paper Administration, and an Access Code Sheet for 25 seats, with Online Administration and Scoring.
