Helping Students Make Informed Choices About College
Category: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Instrument Overview
Initially intended to assess the impact of a career planning program at a gifted and talented baccalaureate magnet high school in a Southeastern city, the College and Career Readiness Self-Efficacy Inventory (CCRSI) is a self-report survey tool that measures an individual's belief in their ability to enter a career pathway and be successful in higher education settings. The CCRSI contains 14 statements regarding the individual's confidence in performing behaviors that are important for college and career readiness, covering four main factors: College Knowledge, Positive Personal Characteristics, Academic Competence, and Potential to Achieve Future Goals. The questionnaire uses a Likert scale ranging from “5: strongly agree” to “1: strongly disagree,” and the CCRSI’s overall score ranges from 14 (low) to 70 (high).
Items Listed by Factor:
Factor 1: Procedural and financial challenges
I know about the various ways to pay for a post- high school education (17)
I know how to get the financial aid needed for for post-high school education (5)
I know how to get the post-high school information I need (4)
I know I understand the post-high school application process (3)
I know how much pay for someone’s work it takes to make a good living (15)
Factor 2: Positive personal characteristics
There are important influential persons in my life who believe in me (8)
There are also other persons who can help me achieve my goals (9)
I know how to set goals for myself (7)
I have confidence in being able to live a good life 10 years from now (16)
Factor 3: Academic competence
I know how to prepare for a test successfully (13)
I know how to read a textbook successfully (12)
I know how to take class notes successfully (14)
Factor 4: Potential to achieve future goals
I know how post-high school education can help me achieve my life and career goals (1)
I believe I have the potential to succeed in the right post-high school education situation (2)
See also a similar questionnaire for a different respondent group by the same authors: School Counselor Self-Efficacy for Enhancing Student Career and College Readiness Scale (Baker, Parikh-Foxx, & Martinez, 2017)
Organization
Content
Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
14 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper
Access and Use
Developer
Baker & Parikh Foxx, 2012
Price
Free
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Allen, A. H., Jones, G. D., Baker, S. B., & Martinez, R. R. (2019). Effect of a curriculum unit to enhance career and college readiness self-efficacy of fourth-grade students. Professional School Counseling, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X19886815
Leggett, C. A. (2019). Examining the Moderating Effects of Decision-making Self-efficacy Among Self-determination and College and Career Readiness Self-efficacy (Doctoral dissertation, Oklahoma State University). https://www.proquest.com/docview/2410650360?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true
Martinez, R. R., Baker, S. B., & Young, T. (2017). Promoting career and college readiness, aspirations, and self‐efficacy: Curriculum field test. The Career Development Quarterly, 65(2), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12090
Saunders, R., Foxx, S. P., Bolin, S. T., Prioleau, B., Dameron, M. L., Vazquez, M., & Perry, J. (2021). Examining Self-Efficacy and Preparedness to Succeed in Post-Secondary Education: A Survey of Recent High School Graduates. Journal of School Counseling, 19(18), 2-27. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1308377.pdf
Williams, R. G., Baker, S. B., & Williams-DeVane, C. R. (2018). Effects of Customized Counseling Interventions on Career and College Readiness Self-Efficacy of Three Female Foster Care Youth. Professional Counselor, 8(2), 159-174. https://doi.org/10.15241/rgw.8.2.159
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Baker, S. B., & Parikh Foxx, S. (2012). Career and College Readiness Self-efficacy Inventory. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University.
Baker, S. B., Parikh Foxx, S., Akcan-Aydin, P., Gavin Williams, R., Ashraf, A. & Martinez, R. R. (2016). Understanding and enhancing career and college readiness. Unpublished manuscript
Baker, S. B., Parikh Foxx, S., Akcan-Aydin, P., Gavin Williams, R., Ashraf, A., & Martinez, R. R. (2017). Psychometric properties of the career and college readiness self-efficacy inventory. Ideas and Research You can Use: VISTAS Online, 1-13. https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/vistas/article_3166ce2bf16116603abcacff0000bee5e7.pdf?sfvrsn=4
