Connecticut State Department of Education

Teacher of the Year Ceremony
Due to inclement weather, the Teacher of the Year Ceremony has been postponed to December 16, 2025 from 5-7pm. Doors will open at 4pm. The Ceremony will take place at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford, and the order of events will remain the same.

Transition Assessments U-Z

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Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition (Vineland-3)

Target Audience

  • Birth-90
  • Individuals with developmental disabilities

Features

  • Administration time: 20-90 minutes
  • Language other than English: Spanish
  • Scoring: Self-scoring or computer scoring
  • Online: Yes
  • Description: The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales Third Edition is the leading instrument for supporting the diagnosis of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Vineland-3 not only aids in diagnosis but provides valuable information for developing educational and treatment plans.

Contact/Purchase Information

  • Pearson Assessments
  • Phone: 800-627-7271
  • Cost: Yes (contact company website for more information)
  • Available at SERC Library: No

Voc-Ties

Target Audience

  • Secondary students
  • Students considering career/technical pathways
  • Reading free

Features

  • Administration time: Varies
  • Language other than English: Spanish
  • Scoring: Computer scoring
  • Online: New Web-based Version
  • Description: The Voc-Ties will help students: 
    • Discover what career/technical training is all about
    • Identify career/technical pathways that interest them
    • Be an active participant in satisfying Indicator 13 of the 2004 IDEA
  • Other: A parent/student option provides a method of documenting a student’s interests and notifying parents about local training opportunities available in your school system. It also includes a Career Development Plan with over 2000 career-related objectives.

Contact/Purchase Information

  • Piney Mountain Press, Inc.
  • Phone: 800-255-3127
  • Cost: Yes (contact company website for more information)
  • Available at SERC Library: No

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WorkMate

Target Audience

  • High school students

Features

  • Administration time: Varies
  • Scoring: Computer scoring
  • Online: Yes
  • Description: The WorkMate tool is designed to help students better understand their work-related values, attitudes and temperaments. Definitions of work-related traits and correlated career clusters are also listed.
  • Other: This CD can be self-administered on the computer or conducted in group settings

Contact/Purchase Information

  • Piney Mountain Press, Inc.
  • Phone: 800-255-3127
  • Cost: Yes (contact company website for more information)
  • Available at SERC Library: No

Work Readiness Inventory

Target Audience

  • High School–Adult

Features

  • Administration time: 15 Minutes 
  • Description: Identifying areas of concern is often the first step in helping an individual become work ready. The Work Readiness Inventory (WRI) does just that. It is an assessment designed to help workers recognize and address the demands of the workplace by identifying their readiness concerns or areas of weakness. Research shows that readiness assessments can also assist in the career-planning and decision-making process, leading to more informed choices. This 36-item self-report identifies levels of concern in six areas crucial to work readiness: responsibility, flexibility, skills, communication, self-view, and health and safety. The assessment comes with a worksheet for improving one's work readiness and takes about 15 minutes to complete and score. Ideal as an intake assessment or as a pre-test/post-test, the WRI can help coaches, counselors, and administrators quickly assess an individual's overall work readiness and identify those barriers.

Contact/Purchase Information

  • Phone: 800-228-0810
  • Cost: Yes (visit company website for more information)
  • Available at SERC Library: Yes

World of Work Inventory (WOWI) Career Assessment

Target Audience

  • High School Adult

Features

  • Language other than English: Spanish
  • Available in 3 reading levels and is easily taken using screen readers
  • Online Site License available
  • Description: Three scales comprise the World of Work Inventory (WOWI) providing a comprehensive career profile measuring 35 categories. The WOWI is a multi-dimensional, on-line career assessment. It measures six aptitude and achievement dimensions in the Career Training Potentials, twelve work-style preferences in the Job Satisfaction Indicators and task-relevant preferences related to seventeen career families in the Career Interest Activities.

Contact/Purchase Information