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The science

Real assessment — not a quiz.

FormMaps combines four validated assessments into one roadmap, so guidance is grounded in evidence about how a student actually thinks, works, and is seen.

Four lenses, one profile.

Personality

How a student naturally works, decides, and relates.

A validated personality inventory yielding stable trait profiles, not horoscope labels.

Competencies — PCA

The skills, behaviors, and competencies a student demonstrates.

The Personal Competential Analysis maps real, observable competencies — how a student performs, not just how they see themselves.

Aptitude — LIA

How a student actually thinks and solves problems.

Performance-based tasks that surface real strengths — including aptitudes a student may not realize they have.

360° feedback

How teachers, peers, and family see the student.

A multi-rater layer that verifies self-reported strengths — something no quiz can do.

From data to direction

How scores become a roadmap.

01

Assess

The student completes the four assessments (about 45 minutes total).

02

Analyze

Scores are normed and combined into a strengths profile and fit model.

03

Roadmap

The model maps to career matches, best-fit majors, and college options.

Strengths Profile
MR
AnalyticalCreativeCommunicationLeadershipResilienceCollaboration
SelfTeachersPeersParents

How others see María — 360° multi-rater

Self, teacher, peer and parent ratings — layered on one profile, so strengths are verified, not self-reported.

Seen as: DependableStrategicCalm under pressure

Aptitude vs. interest — where to explore

Spatial reasoning
Explore
Verbal
Aligned
Numerical
Explore
Aptitude Interest Big gap = untapped potential

The science behind it

Personality (PCA)

Builder–Analyst

α = 0.88

Aptitude (LIA)

Spatial · Verbal

α = 0.86

360° feedback

12 raters

self·peer·teacher·parent

Aligned to the 2014 Joint Standards for Educational & Psychological Testing

Built to psychometric standards.

FormMaps’ assessments are developed for reliability and validity and aligned to the 2014 Standards for Educational & Psychological Testing, with results reported against norms — not arbitrary labels.

Reliability testedNorm-referencedBias reviewedBilingual EN · ES
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