Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)

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Instrument Overview

This survey is meant to provide a social-emotional portrait of a young person. The data can be reported at an individual, classroom, school, and district level. The survey measures student perceptions of strengths and struggles in order to show where more support is needed. Subscore(s): Assertiveness, Engagement, Belonging, Reflection

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Organization

Student Well-Being Category

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Content

Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Social Awareness ; Self Management ; Self Awareness ; Relationship Skills
Languages
English,
Spanish,
Chinese,
Cape Verdean Creole,
Haitian Creole,
Portuguese
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
30-45 minutes
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Open Access
No
Setting
Classroom

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Malti, T., Zuffianò, A., & Noam, G. G. (2018). Knowing every child: Validation of the Holistic Student Assessment (HSA) as a measure of social-emotional development. Prevention Science, 19(3), 306-317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-017-0794-0

Noam, G., Malti, T., & Guhn, M. (2012). From clinical-developmental theory to assessment: The Holistic Student Assessment tool. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 6(2), 201-213. https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2912

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