A
professional translation was done by a highly respected
firm, Bilingual Communications. Care was taken to
keep the reading level at approximately the 8th grade
level and to be sensitive to cross-cultural differences.
It was then field tested with Hispanic students who
could read Spanish, in middle & high schools,
and at North Carolina State University. They were
primarily from Mexico. Overall, the responses from
students and ESL teachers were very positive. Based
on their comments, a few changes were made.
No
studies have been conducted investigating its validity
and reliability, but based on student and teacher
responses its face validity is strong. An unexpected
finding was that many students could not be included
in the field testing because they could not read
Spanish. See the description of the English version
of The Career Key for the advantages and possibilities
when you print your own.