:: Tests for Career Guidance

PACT - PHILIPPINE APTITUDE CLASSIFICATION TEST

The Philippine Aptitude Classification Test (PACT) is a 1-hour-and-49-minute test that consists of 240 items intended to identify specific abilities for the purpose of educational and vocational guidance of Third Year High School to First Year College students. The instrument provides a comprehensive measure of aptitude in Perceptual Speed, Verbal English, General Reasoning, Flexibility of Closure, Verbal Filipino, Spatial Closure, Visualization, and Perceptual Acuity.

These aptitudes are considered predictive of performance in degree programs and technical/vocational courses spanning nine educational programs, namely:

1. services;
2. agriculture;
3. humanities and arts;
4. social sciences, business, and law;
5. education;
6. engineering;
7. trades and craft;
8. health and welfare; and
9. science

POIS - PHILIPPINE OCCUPATIONAL INTEREST SURVEY

The Philippine Occupational Interest Survey (POIS) is a 45-minute test that consists of 265 items. It measures preferences for various types of occupation of Third Year High School to First Year College students. It elicits information on personal background, occupational interests, academic interests, activities and characteristics. It yields interest scores on the following occupational fields:

1. outdoor/physical;
2. social/personal;
3. business/clerical;
4. administrative;
5. mathematics/physical sciences and technology;
6. life and health sciences; and
7. arts, humanities, and entertainment

The POIS provides information on where the examinee's interests actually lie. Along with the results of the PACT, the results of the POIS can help point the direction for high school students toward careers that they would find personally and professionally fulfilling.

CSAT - COLLEGE SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST

The College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT) is one of the CEM's most widely used aptitude tests. A 240-item test administered for 2 hours and 35 minutes, the CSAT measures a high school student's potential for college work through tests in English, Mathematics, Science, and Inductive Reasoning. A higher education institution may use the CSAT as an admission test or may be taken by high school students as an instrument for career guidance.