This packet on vocational assessment is one in a series of materials for use with career ladder students in the Middletown, Connecticut, Public Schools. Career ladder students are those ranging from the mentally retarded to the high-risk dropout in the regular education program. The document first explains the nature and purpose of vocational assessment. The following tests and assessment instruments are then described: (1) the Texas Education Agency's Steps in Vocational Assessment, (2) the California Occupational Preference System; (3) the Harrington/O'Shea Career Decision Making System; (4) the Picture Interest Exploratory Survey; (5) the Army Career Game Interest Inventory; (6) the P.A.Y.E.S.; (7) the Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery; (8) the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests; (9) the Wide Range Achievement Test; (10) the Brigance Diagnostic Inventory of Essential Skills; (11) the Stanford Achievement Test; (12) the Educational Evaluation and Remedial Assistance Mastery-Proficiency Exams; (13) the Talent Assessment Programs; (14) the PACG Inventory; (15) the American Association on Mental Deficiency's Adaptive Behavior Scale; (16) the C.I.T.E. Learning Styles Instrument; (17) the Career Maturity Inventory; (18) the Tests of Adult Basic Education; and (19) the Tri-County Cooperative Vocational Assessment forms, which include teacher assessment, prevocational behavioral checklist, vocational planning guide, assessment report, entrance criteria for local community jobs, work-related behavior assessment, job analysis, and an on-the-job rating form. (KC)