An Assessment Tool for High

School Students
By: Emily Bassett
What is the goal for Freshman using Naviance?

● Naviance is an assessment tool

that provides students with
college and career planning.

● Using the assessments within

Naviance, students can gain a
better understanding of their
strengths, interests, and goals.
Naviance Assessments for Freshman
Strengths Explorer: This
assessment identifies
strengths and interests that
students have through a
set of likert scale
questions.

When I show students this

assessment, I remind them
that there is no wrong
answer. It is all about them!
Naviance Assessments for Freshman
Career Interest Profiler: After
completing the Strengths
Explorer, students are given a
report that can then be used to
identify specific careers catered
to their strengths and interests.

I remind students that the

careers listed are suggestions
and in no way definitive to what
they have to pursue!
Outcomes from the Assessment
As Freshman, Naviance can provide an
opportunity for self discovery. By
understanding some of their strengths and
interests, they may be able to create a
college or career goals for themselves.

With the implementation of a goal, freshman

can start to plan for their future. This
includes picking the right classes and taking
advantage of opportunities that works
towards their college and career goals.
Using Naviance at Falmouth High School
During the winter of 2020 I ran groups for
Freshman to help introduce them to Naviance,
help set up their accounts and take specific
assessments.

Within this group, I had them identify at least

one goal after completing the Strengths
Explorer and Career Interest Profiler.

Following these groups, I was able to meet

individually with students to discuss their
goal(s) and start to come up with a plan.