The validity scales include measures of the response set of the individual as inconsistent responding, tendencies toward fading and atypical response patterns. The substantive scales provide measures of personality functioning in a variety of areas. The criterion scales provide information about the individual’s academic behavior. The true-false format is used for all items in the Inventory for Counseling and Development, and it is designed for both machine and hand scoring.
What are the overall goals of the test:
An important criterion for higher education involves determining who should be admitted to an institution of higher education or to a specific program or department. There is growing number of dissatisfaction with the use of nationally standardized scholastic aptitude and achievement tests for student selection and there is considerable difficulty in implementing selection systems based on personal products such as poetry, sculpture or painting; or on performance in dance, music or theater.