Career Assessment Standard and Benchmarks

Standard
The participating education agency board of education or designee will have adopted a Career Assessment process that assists middle and high school students in identifying their career pathway goals based on indicators of both career interests and aptitudes.

Benchmarks
· The local board of education or designee has adopted a career assessment process that meets the state standard.

· Ensures utilization of a variety of developmentally appropriate career interest and aptitude assessments for all middle and high school students as evidenced by assessment records.

· Ensures that school counselors provide interpretation of student’s career assessment results to assist in evaluating their interests and aptitudes related to a career decision-making process as evidenced by counseling records.

· Ensures that students and parents understand and compare the results of various assessments over time as students progress through school, identifying trends in their individual preferences and strengths as evidenced by student/counseling records.

· Ensures that career assessment results are given consideration in the student’s selection of a career pathway and are used to help refine career and educational decisions reflected in an Education Development Plan as evidenced by student and counseling records.