Wisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative

The following is a list of individual measures compiled by the Wisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative. J. Lynn Enterprises does not specifically endorse these products or services, but provides them here as a resource for professionals:

  • A link to the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center Web site, with toolkits and a multitude of resources. (http://www.nsttac.org/)

  • VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT: A FREE RESOURCE
    The Career Clusters Interest Survey is a career guidance tool that allows individuals to respond to questions and identify the top three Career Clusters of interest based on their responses. This pencil/paper survey takes about fifteen minutes to complete and can be used in the classroom or for presentations with audiences who have an interest in career exploration. The survey can be printed out; it is not electronic. It may be used for educational purposes only. (Also available in Spanish.)

  • VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT: A FREE RESOURCE
    The O*NET program is a source of occupational information, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors. The database is continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation. Information from this freely available database forms the heart of O*NET OnLine, the interactive application for exploring and searching occupations. The database also provides the basis for Career Exploration Tools, a set of valuable assessment instruments for workers and students looking to find or change careers. http://online.onetcenter.org

Vocational Assessment: For a Fee

  • WISCareers Wisconsin’s career exploration and planning website is a comprehensive, friendly career development program that provides students with a planning resource to make good use of their education, interests, values, and skills.  WISCareers, developed by the Center for Education and Work (CEW), is designed to provide career development with a Wisconsin focus.In Wisconsin, WISCareers is available for use free through regional Job Centers. http://wiscareers.wisc.edu

  • Enderle-Severson: ESTR Publications provides transition assessment instruments for learners with mild disabilities and moderate to severe disabilities to include parent forms for gathering information about learners in non-school environments.  Transition assessment is important to adequately addressing the “needs, preferences, and interests” of learners with disabilities who prepare to exit the educational system to become successful adults in community environments. http://www.estr.net/

  • Kuder The Kuder Online Career Portfolio provides a gateway to lifelong career planning that allows individuals to store personal and academic information; search and save educational and occupational data; build resumés; and access assessment progress and results 24 hours a day from any Internet connection. http://kudernavigator.com

  • MECA® is an age appropriate transition assessment system to help create measurable post-secondary goals as required by the current IDEA legislation, and when used with Learning Assessment Programs (LAPs) can help provide the course of study to achieve those goals. LAPs are job-specific, academic/basic skills assessments that create a course of study to assist the learner in achieving their post-secondary goals, and are correlated to all 50 state content standards. https://www.conovercompany.com/education/meca/

  • Career Cruising:Career Cruising has been designed with one goal in mind: to help students plan their future. With assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles and comprehensive post-secondary education information, students move seamlessly through the career exploration and planning process. At the same time, teachers have access to the real-time information and statistics need to track students’ progress and achievement.A free one-month trial of Career Cruising is available for evaluation. http://www.careercruising.com/

  • Bridges is a provider online education planning, and career exploration, and high school/college test prep resources that helps students build meaningful plans as they compare, connect and choose from a vast network of work and education options. http://www.xap.com