The OST battery helps organizations identify top-notch office personnel who are proficient in relevant areas. Eleven individually sold tests are included in the OST battery, enabling organizations to create a battery of tests that meet their specific needs.

Easy-to-use norms tables provide you with timed and un-timed percentile scores for each test. You will receive separate norms for clerks, typists, secretary/stenographers, accounting clerks and library assistants, as well as total group norms.

Studies referenced in the Examiner's Manual address content validity, criterion-related validity, and effects of experience and education.

Dimensions of Measurement:

• Checking - Ability to check names and numbers accurately.
• Coding - Ability to use simple codes accurately.
• Filing - Ability to recognize different types of filing systems and accurately file additional entries into them.
• Forms Completion - Ability to select facts from a block of information and correctly record them on a form.
• Grammar - Ability to recognize correct use of English grammar.
• Numerical Skills - Ability to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems involving whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• Oral Directions - Ability to note facts given in an audiocassette presentation and answer related questions afterward.
• Punctuation - Ability to recognize proper punctuation and capitalization.
• Reading Comprehension - Ability to understand written directions.
• Spelling - Ability to spell words frequently used in office communications.
• Vocabulary - Ability to understand words and phrases frequently used in office communications.