- Provides information on students' interests in 14 career areas that are directly linked to Department of Labor publications
- Meets the recommendations of the National Career Development Guidelines and the National Standards for School Counseling Programs
- With a fifth grade (maximum) reading level, and a wide variety of items, Interest Explorer can help special-needs students explore careers and plan appropriate courses to study
- Provides links to a wide range of occupational information, including various Department of Labor publications, such as Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), Guide for Occupational Exploration (GOE), Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), and O*NET
- Includes career areas not measured by traditional interest inventories—for example, computer technology and engineering technology
- Designed to be used in conjunction with the Iowa Tests of Educational Development