Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Mission Skills Assessment (MSA) is an online assessment that targets 6 noncognitive constructs: creativity, curiosity, ethics, resilience, teamwork, and time management. Each construct is measured by means of a student self-report scale, a student alternative scale (e.g., situational judgment test), and a teacher report scale. Use of the MSA provides schools with the opportunity to examine and monitor development of noncognitive skills in their students from Grade 6 to Grade 8. Three methods of measurement were incorporated into the MSA for each construct: traditional Likert self-report items, Likert teacher-report items, and an alternate type of assessment (e.g., situational judgments). Subscore(s): Ethics, Teamwork, Resilience, Creativity, Curiosity, Time Management
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Organization
Topic
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
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Social Awareness ; Self Management ; Relationship Skills ; Responsible Decision Making ; Ethics ; Teamwork ; Resilience ; Creativity ; Curiosity ; Time Management
Respondent
Student,
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
45-60 minutes
Administration
Computer
Access and Use
Developer
Index
Contact
Lisa Pullman INDEX
Open Access
No
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Petway, K. T., Rikoon, S. H., Brenneman, M. W., Burrus, J., & Roberts, R. D. (2016). Development of the Mission Skills Assessment and evidence of its reliability and internal structure. ETS Research Report Series. https://doi.org/10.1002/ets2.12107
