Skills and Self Assessments


 

ACADEMIC SKILLS ASSESSMENT

 

There are many different areas of academic skills that we can assess. We have a reading software and analysis program to help students better understand how they are reading and how they can be more efficient with their reading strategies and comprehend more. There are writing assessments we can work with you on to determine what kinds of writing skills development you might need. And we can assist you with better learning math and other quantitative concepts through some free online resources such as Khan Academy and Quizlet.

 


FREE SELF ASSESSMENT RESOURCES

 

 

The Vark Assessment

Available at http://www.vark-learn.com will tell you some of learning styles that you naturally like to use and provides you with strategies for studying. 

 

The SmarterMeasure Assessment

Available at http://esc.smartermeasure.com/, SmarterMeasure (formerly READI) will measure your self-assessment of your learning styles, motivation, technical competency, reading rate, etc. It takes about 20-30 minutes to complete.

USERNAME - NECStudent (choose from the pull down menu)    

PASSWORD – esc

 

Time Management Self-Assessment MindTools

          Available at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_88.htm this tool will measure how good you are at time management.

 

Effective Habits for Effective Study

Use this link to find out more about the ways in which you study and how you might improve - http://www.studygs.net/attmot4.htm 

 

Personal Learning Style

Use this link to find out more about your personal learning style

http://www.studygs.net/selfassessment.htm

 

Reading Comprehension, Math and Writing Skills Self-Assessment

 

Use this link to take a practice test from the Texas Higher Education Assessment used as a placement tool in the state of Texas for students beginning college.  For your purposes, this practice test is good for you to get a quick assessment of basic reading comprehension, mathematics and writing skills.  When you click on the link, look to the bottom of the screen to choose the assessment(s) you are most interested in trying. The answer key is also available on the site.

http://www.thea.nesinc.com/practice.htm