The author of this article observes that sometimes educators are so overwhelmed by the needs of struggling learners that they believe they do not have time for the gifted, talented, high achieving, and high potential students. However, those students are just as desperate as any other students for good teachers to help them progress. Middle school…

In this article, responses are made to comments regarding Eggerth and Andrew (2006) by Gore and Brown (2006) calling for simplification of the modified C index and by Tinsley (2006) questioning the logic of the modified C index (all articles in this issue).

Describes the historical evolution of the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) from Binet's work, the first Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men, merger of the men's and women's forms in the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory, and revisions culminating in the 1992 CISS. (SK)

Presents brief biography of Frederic Kuder, highlighting his contributions to the counseling profession, including his interest inventories, the Kuder-Richardson formulas, and the journals he founded and edited. Discusses some of the early influences on his career. Includes Kubler bibliography. (Author/ABL)

Examines issues involved in distance career guidance. Issues involved include adequacy of guidance without face-to-face contact, what is lost or gained by noninterpersonal approaches, and in what circumstances distance guidance might be appropriate and how it is best provided. (JPS)

Holland's model of vocational interests influenced development of the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII), Strong Interest Inventory, and Campbell Interest and Skill Survey. His theory led Campbell to make the following changes in the SCII: two kinds of content scales, reorganization using the hexagonal system, and merged inventories for men…

Suggests that the Vocational Card Sort is best used as a combined assessment and counseling technique that stimulates clients to project their idiosyncratic classifications of occupational values and interests. It should not be used as a self-administered interest inventory. (JAC)

New as well as landmark instruments and research are described. Among the contemporary issues dealt with is a concern for the source of and methods useful in controlling bias in the construction of interest inventories. With the assessment of interests, as with all measurement, validity is the bottom line. (Author)

Maintains that sex bias in vocational interest assessment is a serious problem. Provides suggestions on what to do about it as well as information on vocational interest assessment. (JOW)

Tables describe the characteristics of 16 aptitude/achievement and 27 interest/value measures. Relationship between career assessment and vocational education historically and in terms of federal legislation is addressed. (SK)

Five key qualities contribute to the utility of Holland's theory of career development: simplicity, face validity, organizational framework, vocabulary, and translation to practice. It has spurred development of numerous effective career interventions such as the Self-Directed Search, American College Testing Interest Inventory, and My Vocational…

Interests denote a relationship between an individual and the environment. A focus on how a person uses an interest helps counselors trace an interest back to its private origins and forward to its expression in occupations. Interest inventories help clients conceptualize needs, values, and their expression. (SK)

A table matches personal characteristics and preferences with work and occupation to aid in occupational choices. The table includes 250 occupations that are rated by 22 characteristics. (Author/JOW)

Traditional vocational aptitude tests attempt to match the counselee's responses to those of a large group of people in a certain occupation. Instead, person matching attempts to match the counselee's responses to those of individuals who are satisfied with their occupations. (BW)

Uses the theoretical framework of cultural validity and cultural specificity in career psychology to comment on theoretical and methodological issues raised by two articles on cross-cultural career psychology. Discusses the distinction between etic and emic approaches to cross-cultural research and the role of cultural context in understanding…