Vocational Selection Test (VST)

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Australian Council for Educational Research

19 Prospect Hill Rd,
Camberwell, VIC, Australia 3124

T: (03) 9277 5498
E: vst@acer.edu.au

Candidate scores are delivered electronically, usually within 5 working days. A Summary Report on scoring and interpretation is provided within 7 days.

The report presents:

• Information about the test construct and structure and brief descriptions of the way the tests are scored and the criteria for candidates’ success in passing the test. 
• Indicators of group performance on the test, including summary statistics for each test cycle.
• Key psychometric indicators describing the performance of the test instrument, including inter-component correlations, component reliabilities, item performance statistics and student ability/item difficulty plots.
• Candidate results are reported as scaled, or standardised scores to allow for comparison across multiple test sittings.
• Standard Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis is used to calibrate item difficulties and measure candidate ability.

Options for reporting of results are as follows:

• Alphabetical listing of candidate results.
• Rank order of candidate results according to candidates total overall score.
• Rank order of candidate results according to the score in each component; ie: Verbal, Quantitative, Abstract, Mechanical Reasoning and Interpersonal Understandings.
• Identification of candidates who achieve above an identified minimum level.