CAPS Hand Scoring Booklet and Answer Key

2024 Version – Note that this newer version of the CAPS is no longer a self-scorable assessment, but includes a seperate answer key. One answer key is provided with each package of 25 CAPS. The seperate Summary Score Sheet has been discontinued. It is now printed in the COPS Comprehensive Career Guide or included with the CAPS Self-Interpretation Profile & Guide.

–  Range: Grades 6-12, College and Adult
–  Norms: Middle, High School and College
–  Administration Time:
–  5 minutes for each of the eight tests
–  50 minutes to complete the entire battery
–  Scoring Options
–  Hand scoring in 15-20 minutes
–  Web-based version – instant scoring

–  For Self-scoring Administration You Will Also Need:
–  CAPS Self-Interpretation Profile & Guide to use CAPS on its own
or
–  COPS Comprehensive Career Guide to use CAPS along with COPS and/or COPES

The Career Ability Placement Survey (CAPS) is a comprehensive, multi-dimensional battery designed to measure vocationally relevant abilities. Each of the eight ability dimensions is keyed to entry requirements for the majority of occupations in each of the 14 COPSystem Career Clusters. CAPS scores are interpreted in terms of examinees’ abilities relative to others at the same educational level. Scores are also interpreted in terms of each of the 14 COPSystem Career Clusters. Examinees learn which occupational areas are most suited to present abilities and which areas might require a bit more training if examinees are interested in pursuing related occupations.

CAPS consists of eight, short, five-minute tests:

• Mechanical Reasoning
• Spatial Relations
• Verbal Reasoning
• Language Usage
• Word Knowledge
• Perceptual Speed and Accuracy
• Manual Speed and Dexterity
• Mathematical Ability

After completing the easy Self-Scoring Booklet, the examinees follow the instructions in the Self-Interpretation Profile & Guide or the Comprehensive Career Guide to discover the occupational clusters best suited to their abilities. In addition, the summary activity section of the booklet includes a four-year Educational Program Planning Guide and a Local Job Interview Sheet. CAPS is ideal for classroom career exploration, school course selection, curriculum evaluation, employee development and for use with other components of the COPSystem for an integrated, comprehensive approach.