Character Assessment Scale (CAS)
The Character Assessment Scale – mini (CASm) is for people who see and express themselves as Christians. It is a free, secure, anonymous online test that measures beliefs and habits relating to moral character as defined in the Bible – fruits of the spirit and fruits of the flesh. To keep it free and secure, it is published by the 501(c)3 Wellness Education for Living and Loving, WELL Inc.
Anyone may take the test, free and completely anonymously. It takes about 15 minutes to complete. Within a few seconds of clicking DONE at the end of the test, your results will be sent to whatever email address you submit.
The full-length CAS is coming soon.
The Model and Theory of the CAS
The dynamic model of fruits of the spirit battling against fruits of the flesh has been around for 3000 years. It began when King Solomon asked for and received wisdom (I Kings 3). The teachings of Solomon's model contrast life and death, wise and foolish, good and bad as they are expressed in different beliefs and behaviors, just as the CAS does. Through Solomon, this same theory carried these timeless teachings into all three major religions of the Western world: Judaism, Islam, and finally Christianity.
As defined by Solomon, Jesus, and Paul, the fruits of the spirit produce caring, freedom, gratitude, cooperation, strength, and growth. By contrast, fruits of the flesh drain the life out of us, and out of our families and groups, bringing apathy, bondage, complaint, division, weakness, and decay. The CAS defines moral character as whatever does the most good (and the least harm) for the most people over the long run.
This definition and the traits the CAS measures have been validated through forty years of research. Every single one of the CAS' 294 flesh and spirit traits showed scale interrelations in the predicted direction, all at highly significant levels of probability. The CAS measures 27 traits across nine issues the Bible speaks of most often: Truth, Peace, Respect, Love, Grace, Sexuality, Wealth, Purpose, and bodily Health.
Taking the Test
The CASm is a quick screening that measures the same things. It has 72 items (four for each of 18 scales), answered as mostly true, mixed, or mostly false. Scores range from 1 to 9, where 1–3 is low, 4–6 is average, and 7–9 is high. It asks a few general demographic questions for ongoing research; the answer categories are so general they cannot identify the person, and feedback is sent only to the email address you provide.
For Organizational Leaders
The CAS can be used with your business, department, school, class, or church, at no cost for training or materials. If test-takers put your email address into the Group Administrator Email question, you can get a free quarterly report with your group's average scores. Your people should be encouraged to discuss their test feedback with a counselor.
Interested in the Better Life Test (BLT)? Learn more at To the Well.