A wide range of customized assessment tools can be developed and validated to meet specific agency needs with regard to employee selection, promotion, and development. Customized assessments that can be developed for exclusive agency use for paper/pencil or internet administration include:

• Accomplishment records
  
• Assessment centers
  
• Biographical information inventories
  
• Cognitive tests
  
• In-basket exercises
  
• Job knowledge tests
  
• Situational judgment tests
  
• Structured interviews
  
• Work samples