About
Method, privacy and disclaimer
Official information and this app's practice rubric
This app keeps two kinds of information separate.
Official Casper information (public sources)
- The standard format has 11 scenarios: 4 video-response scenarios, then 7 typed-response scenarios.
- Each video scenario has 2 questions shown one at a time, with 1 minute to record each answer.
- Each typed scenario has 2 questions shown together, with 3.5 minutes for both.
- Every scenario has an optional 30-second reflection period. There's an optional 10-minute break after the video section and a 5-minute break after the fourth typed scenario. The whole test takes about 65–85 minutes.
- Trained human raters score the responses, and each scenario is rated by a different rater. Raters focus on content, not spelling or grammar. Applicants receive a quartile.
- Some programs, such as Australian teacher education, use a shorter format. You can choose it in Settings.
Source: Acuity Insights Help Centre and acuityinsights.com, accessed 24 September 2026. The full notes, with URLs, are in docs/casper-format.md. Check the official site for changes.
This app's independent practice rubric
The competency labels, the 1–5 practice levels, the rubric dimensions and all feedback belong to this app. They are not the official scoring method, which isn't published in detail. A practice level of 4 doesn't mean anything in particular on Casper. There are no percentiles, predicted scores or admission chances here, because nothing here could support them.
Where the scenarios come from
Every practice scenario was written for this app. None come from the Casper test, a test-taker account or a leaked question bank, and none should be taken for a real Casper question. They draw only on the public description of the assessment and the general structure of situational judgement tests.
Each scenario sets two legitimate interests against each other and leaves some information out. The follow-up question usually changes the situation, which tests how you adapt rather than what you've memorised. No specialist psychology knowledge is needed.
How feedback is generated
Feedback is produced offline, inside this app, by a rule-based evaluator. It makes no network calls and uses no AI service. It looks for observable features of your reasoning, quotes the sentences where it found them, checks which of the scenario's key considerations you addressed, and flags common pitfalls. It can't judge nuance the way a trained reader can, so treat it as a structured prompt for your own reflection, not a verdict. The evaluator sits behind a single interface, so it can be replaced later.
| Situation understanding | Did they identify what is actually happening, including the central tension? |
|---|---|
| Perspective-taking | Did they consider the experiences, interests and possible circumstances of each person affected? |
| Reasoning | Did they explain WHY, not just WHAT, they would do? |
| Proportionality | Is the response proportionate — a sensible first step, neither overreacting nor underreacting? |
| Communication | Would their approach communicate respectfully, privately where appropriate, and clearly? |
| Ethical awareness | Did they identify relevant ethical considerations (fairness, honesty, confidentiality, safety, dignity)? |
| Accountability | Did they take responsibility where it was theirs to take? |
| Information gathering | Did they recognise missing information and seek it before acting? |
| Escalation judgement | Did they judge when escalation is and isn't appropriate, and to whom? |
| Adaptability | Did they respond appropriately to new or changed information? |
| 1 · Limited | Major considerations overlooked. |
|---|---|
| 2 · Developing | Some awareness, but reasoning is incomplete. |
| 3 · Competent | Reasonable response addressing important considerations. |
| 4 · Strong | Thoughtful and balanced reasoning. |
| 5 · Highly developed | Nuanced, proportionate, empathetic and well-reasoned. |
On personal-experience questions, the rubric never judges how serious or impressive your experience was. It looks for reflection, insight, accountability and learning. An everyday example can be an excellent answer.
A way of reasoning, not a formula
Training mode offers these questions as prompts. Simulation mode hides them. Don't recite them as a template, because a good answer follows the situation.
- Understand
- What is actually happening? What makes it difficult?
- Consider
- Who is affected, and what might each person be experiencing?
- Clarify
- What don't you know yet? How would you find out?
- Act
- What is the most proportionate first step, and why?
- Communicate
- How, where and in what tone would you raise it?
- Escalate
- When would it become right to involve someone else, and who?
- Reflect
- What new information would change your approach?
Privacy
- Your camera and microphone are used only during video answers and the technical check. A Recording label is always visible while recording is active.
- Recordings, answers and feedback are stored in the configured database: your own private Supabase project, or, when none is configured, a local
.data/folder on the machine running the app. Nothing is shared, sold or used to train any model. - Recordings are deleted automatically after the retention period you choose (7 days by default). Transcripts and feedback are kept until you delete them.
- You can delete any single attempt, or everything, and export your data from Settings.
- Evaluation is fully offline. Automatic speech-to-text is off by default. If you turn it on, your browser (not this app) sends microphone audio to its speech service, such as Google's in Chrome.
- Personal-experience questions never require sensitive disclosures. Choose everyday examples you're comfortable with.
- Nothing analyses faces, expressions, appearance, clothing or body language. Video feedback is based only on the transcript of what you said.
Disclaimer
This is an independent Casper-style practice resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Acuity Insights. Using it does not predict your Casper result or any admissions outcome. Acuity Insights provides an official practice test in your applicant account, and you should take it.