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Running head: PRE AND POSTTEST

Pre and Posttest for Post Secondary Planning Group

Kelly Hodgkins
Virginia Commonwealth University
CLED 606

PRE AND POSTTEST

The following pre and posttests are to be administered at the beginning and conclusion of
a six-week small counseling group for 12th graders about post-secondary planning. The
purpose of this group is to help students gain understanding of their skills and interests and use
this knowledge to construct their post secondary plan through the use of interest inventories,
Virginia Wizards interactive career planning features, goal-setting, and decision-making
practice. The students who will be accepted into the counseling group have demonstrated an
unclear idea for their life after high school graduation and need extra support to formulate their
career path. The pre and posttests for this group are identical except for the final open-ended
question on each test. The pretest open-ended question asks for what students hope to learn from
the group and the posttest open-ended question asks for feedback to improve future counseling
small groups focusing on this topic.

PRE AND POSTTEST

After I Graduate: Post Secondary Planning Group

Pretest
Your Initials:
Directions: For each statement, please check the category (No, Unsure, Likely, Yes) that best
applies to you.

No
Unsure Likely Yes
I know what I want to do after graduation.
I understand what the steps to take in order to make my plan
happen.
I know what my interests, abilities, and skills are.
My interests, skills, and abilities connect with my future
career.
I am interested in applying to a four or two year college after
graduation.
I am interested in applying to a technical school after
graduation.
I am interested in joining the military after graduation.
I am interested in getting a job after graduation.
I know someone in my family who has gone to college.
I know how to use books, magazines, the Internet, or other
resources to find information about my educational and career
interests.
I have made personal short-term goals this year in order
graduate on time.
I have made personal long-term goals for my life after high
school graduation.
I know how to make positive decisions that will help me stay
on track towards graduation and achieve my goals after high
school.
What would you like to learn from this group?

PRE AND POSTTEST

After I Graduate Group: Post Secondary Planning

Post Test
Your Initials:
Directions: For each statement, please check the category (No, Unsure, Likely, Yes) that best
applies to you.

No
Unsure Likely Yes
I know what I want to do after graduation.
I understand what the steps to take in order to make my plan
happen.
I know what my interests, abilities, and skills are.
My interests, skills, and abilities connect with my future
career.
I am interested in applying to a four or two year college after
graduation.
I am interested in applying to a technical school after
graduation.
I am interested in joining the military after graduation.
I am interested in getting a job after graduation.
I know someone in my family who has gone to college.
I know how to use books, magazines, the Internet, or other
resources to find information about my educational and career
interests.
I have made personal short-term goals this year in order
graduate on time.
I have made personal long-term goals for my life after high
school graduation.
I know how to make positive decisions that will help me stay
on track towards graduation and achieve my goals after high
school.
What are your suggestions to help improve this group?