Testing covers both broad and more narrowed areas. The broader areas are verbal, math, and science and technical skills. The more narrowed areas are general science, arithmetic reasoning, word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, mathematics knowledge, electronics information, auto and shop information, and mechanical comprehension.
Students will also take an interest inventory called Find Your Interests (FYI). Once students receive results from both tests they will be able to plug the results into online career exploration tools which can help as they explore possible college majors.
This test is not a pass/fail test. Instead, it results in an opportunity to explore careers that may be good fits for each student based on the results of their aptitude and interest testing. To prepare for the test students should simply get a good night’s sleep and eat a nutritious breakfast.
We plan to give juniors an overview booklet ahead of the testing, which students can review with their parents to better understand this test.
Juniors taking dual-credit courses that meet during the testing time will choose either to take the ASVAB or to go to the dual credit class. These students and their parents have already been contacted.