Transportation Skills Assessment Tool: Test Protocol for ... - CAIT

Task 5:Providing Identification to Bus Driver, PoliceOfficer or Other First ResponderPurposeTo determine the applicants ability to provide correct identification to bus driver, policeofficers and other first responders.Training MaterialsNone. This item evaluates existing skills.Testing Materials5A. A picture of a uniformed police officer standing beside a police car.5B. A photo of a bus driver in front of or on a bus.ProcedureThe item is introduced according to the script, and the cues were written to replicate whatan officer might ask for in successive attempts to determine how to help the applicant if heor she were in need. The probes are only administered until the applicant can provide thebus driver and police officers with vital information. This point is illustrated in the discussionof scoring, below.Scoring- Score 2 points if the applicant spontaneously communicates the information that both apolice officer and a bus driver would need to assist the applicant or if the applicant canprovide any of the above or gives a similar response correctly to either the bus driver and/orthe police officer only after general probes such as "Can I help you?" or "What's theproblem?"- Score 1 point if the applicant can provide such a meaningful response after a specificprobe such as "Can you tell me your name and address?" or "Can you show me somethingwith your name and address on it?"- Score 0 points if after all of the probes, the applicant still cannot provide meaningfulinformation.