PSQ

The ETS® Personal Skills and Qualities (PSQ) tool is a quick, easy way to gather and consider evidence of the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills essential for success.

Delivers insight on current and prospective students' strengths

Supports student success and diversity as well as holistic admissions efforts

Provides objective data that's fair to all, including marginalized groups

A Scalable, Objective View of Essential Skills

The PSQ tool can be used to inform pre-and post-admission decisions based on program needs by providing insights into behavioral characteristics that are critical for success. Insights from the tool may also be used to inform institutions’ goals related to diversity, holistic admission and cohort development.

The PSQ tool can be used to inform learner development. The information collected from the PSQ tool will allow you to better direct efforts and resources to support learner development more effectively, particularly incoming students, and support your program's continuous improvement initiatives.

How can the ETS® Personal Skills and Qualities tool (PSQ) help learners?

Learners gain insights about their inter and intrapersonal skills

The PSQ tool analyzes and reports on strengths and areas for development in learners' inter- and intrapersonal skills, which are important for success in academics and in the workforce. With this greater self-awareness, learners are positioned to:

put their best foot forward in personal statements and/or interviews
consider if there are areas where they may want to further develop certain skills that directly relate to success in their chosen eld or career
share their results in graduate program applications or with hiring managers to give a fuller picture of their skills

How can PSQ be used by Institutions?

PSQ can be used to inform pre- and post admission decisions based on program needs by providing insights into behavioral characteristics that are critical for success. Insights from the tool may also be used to inform institutions’ goals related to diversity, holistic admission and cohort development.

PSQ can be used to inform learner development. The information collected from the PSQ will allow you to better direct efforts and resources to support learner development more effectively, particularly incoming students, as well as support your program's continuous improvement initiatives and assurance of learning process.

what makes PSQ unique

Reporting can focus on the skills most important to your program

Scalable and easy to manage, integrate with your CRM

Objective and fair for all, including those from marginalized groups

Resistant to coaching gaming and taking

Easy and convenient to administer - can be taken on a smart phone

Competencies measured

Learner experience feedback

91% of all learners surveyed answered agree/strongly agree to the statement “...schools should consider my skills and experiences beyond academic measures...when reviewing my graduate school application.”

How learners have described their PSQ experience:

“I liked that the assessment addressed multiple aspects of my character.”
“I liked that it was simple and easy to use.”
“That kind of thought-exercising I nd to be very enjoyable, and I hope that it captures an accurate reection of not only who I think I am but who others think that I am as well.”
“I enjoyed the format.”
“I liked that some of the questions challenged me, and I had to actually stop and consider which of the choices most and least described me (was especially difficult when all of them were applicable to me or none of them were).
“The assessment helped me think introspectively and challenged what I though about myself.”

PSQ tool Learner Insights Report – Composite Band Rating

Inter and intrapersonal skills predict educational and career success. Students and employees without these skills are more likely to struggle and conict with others. Thankfully, the PSQ tool provides an easy way to get reliable data on these skills.

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ETS India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest private educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in educational research. ETS, headquartered in Princeton, NJ USA, is dedicated to serving the needs of individuals, educational institutions, and government bodies. ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually - including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series® assessments - in more than 200 countries, at over 9,000 locations

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