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14-Item Resilience Scale (RS-14)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe RS-14 is the short version of the Resilience Scale and is strongly correlated with the Resilience Scale. It consists of 14 of the Resilience Scale items: 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 17, 21, & 23. The scale is a 7-point Likert type scale from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 7 (Strongly…2022 NYC School Survey: Families
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingEvery year, NYC Public Schools asks all families, teachers, and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey gives school leaders a better understanding of what members of their school community think about their school. The information…2022 NYC School Survey: Students
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingEvery year, NYC Public Schools asks all families, teachers, and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey gives school leaders a better understanding of what members of their school community think about their school. The information…2022 NYC School Survey: Teachers
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingEvery year, NYC Public Schools asks all families, teachers, and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey gives school leaders a better understanding of what members of their school community think about their school. The information…5 Essentials
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingThe 5Essentials® is a research-based school improvement system that identifies and measures key organizational conditions, including school culture and climate, to enhance student outcomes. It features a diagnostic survey with research-tested scoring and interactive reporting, offering insights…AACU VALUE rubrics
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Higher educationAligned with the Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric, this Assignment Design and Diagnostic Tool supports the creation or revision of assignments intended to produce student work that develops and accurately demonstrates a student’s critical thinking abilities. Note: The overview provided for this…ACA Youth Outcomes Battery
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingACA's Youth Outcomes Battery, 2nd edition provides eleven measures that focus on youth outcomes common to the camp experience. The statistically tested questionnaires are designed for camp and youth programs, age-appropriate, and easily administered tools that can be individualized to your camp…ACT Mosaic (formerly Tessera)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingACT Mosaic™ is a comprehensive assessment system designed to measure students' social-emotional skills and support schools in fostering student success. Previously known as Tessera™, the assessment was developed by ACT based on extensive research in education, psychology, and workforce readiness…Active and Engaged Citizenship (AEC)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingAEC was proposed as a second-order latent construct that encompasses four first-order latent factors: Civic Duty, Civic Skills, Neighborhood Social Connection, and Civic Participation. Measurement invariance was tested over time (from Grade 8 to Grade 10) and between boys and girls. Note: The…Activity Self-Regulation Questionnaire (A-SRQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: MotivationThe Activity Self-Regulation Questionnaire (A-SRQ) measures youth's motivations for participating in a variety of extracurricular activities. Subscore(s): Intrinsic, Identified, Introjected, External motivation Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been…Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences (A-COPE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Stress and copingThe Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences (A-COPE) is a self-report measure of coping strategies appropriate for use with adolescents. Subscore(s): There are 13 subscores: Pro orientation, Avoid problems, External feelings, Social activities, Family interactions, Spiritual support,…Adolescent Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (AERQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Adolescent Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (AERQ) was designed to measure emotional regulation strategies. Subscore(s): Positive emotion regulation strategies, Negative body experiences or strategies, Social connection, Negative cognition strategies Note: The overview provided for this…Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy (AMES)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThis instrument was designed to measure and differentiate empathy and sympathy in adolescents and balance its emphasis on affective and cognitive empathy. The Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy (AMES), (1) balances the emphasis on affective empathy and cognitive empathy, (2) uses…Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire Revised (ARQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe revised Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (ARQ) consists of 93 items across 12 scales, assessing resilience factors in five domains: individual, family, peers, school, and community. This pen-and-paper questionnaire uses a five-point Likert scale, with responses ranging from 1 (Never) to 5 …Adolescent Self-Regulatory Inventory (Adolescent) (ASRI-A)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Adolescent Self-Regulatory Inventory (ASRI) questionnaire measures short-term and long-term self regulation and was designed for use by researchers interested in studying self-regulation in adolescents. Subscore(s): Short-term self regulation, Long-term self regulation Note: The overview…Adolescent Self-Regulatory Inventory (Parent/Child) (ASRI-P/C)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Adolescent Self-Regulatory Inventory (ASRI) questionnaire measures short-term and long-term self regulation and was designed for use by researchers interested in studying self-regulation in adolescents. Subscore(s): Short-term self regulation, Long-term self regulation Note: The overview…Ages and Stages Questionnaire Social Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ®:SE-2)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use, short, has been used relatively widely in studies.
Cautions:Only goes to age 5; can be used by caregivers other than parent but not necessarily teachers. Seems best for screening at-risk children and not as a rich stand-alone outcome measure.
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ®:SE-2) is a caregiver- or teacher-completed checklist that screens young children’s social-emotional development. It asks simple, practical questions about skills such as self-regulation, communication, interaction with others…Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) is a screening instrument that measures developmental performance in young children aged 1 month-5.5 years. Early childhood educators and healthcare professionals use ASQ to collect information from parents on children‘s development in five domains:…Alliance for the Study of School Climate–School Climate Assessment Inventory (ASSC–SCAI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Alliance for the Study of School Climate (ASSC) offers a series of comprehensive School Climate Assessment Instruments (SCAI) and support services to assist schools in achieving a clear sense of where they are and where they can go. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes…Along
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingAlong is a two-way digital communication platform focused on reflection and feedback through text, video, and audio. Teachers sign up using a Google or Microsoft 365 Educator account, and then browse the site's tutorials and resources. There's info about getting started, how to find time in the day…American Institutes for Research Conditions for Learning Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingAIR supports improved student and school performance through the Conditions for Learning Survey, administered in schools across the United States, including the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The survey assesses four core constructs within elementary, middle and high schools: A safe and…ARC Self-Determination Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe ARC self determination scale, developed in 1995, assesses the self-determination strengths and weaknesses of adolescents with disabilities, facilitates student involvement in their education, and aids in developing self-determination goals for students. The assessment yields a total self…Argumentative Dialogues in Science Teaching Observational Protocol (Martins & Macagno, 2022)
Expert NotesStrengths:Captures both the process and product of scientific argumentation
Applicable across varied science teaching contexts and dialogic purposes
Cautions:High analytical complexity due to many dimensions and categories
Requires substantial time, training, and interpretive judgment by analysts
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Argumentative Dialogues in Science Teaching Observational Protocol is a classroom observation protocol that measures the quality of argumentative dialogue in science instruction. Developed by Martins and Macagno in 2022, the tool examines how teachers and students construct, respond to, and…Arizona Youth Risk Behavior System (YRBS) and S3 School Climate Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a school-based health survey in Arizona and the United States administered by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) in a sample selection of Arizona high schools. Survey results are used by school districts, communities, organizations, policy…Arnett Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS) consists of 26 items usually divided into 4 subscales. Some researchers have conducted factor analyses on the 26 items and have found different subscales (e.g., Whitebook, Howes, & Phillips, 1989). Observers are asked to rate the extent to which 26 items are…Assessment of Children's Emotion Skills (ACES)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Assessment of Children’s Emotion Skills (ACES) contains three subtests—facial expressions, behavioral descriptions, and situational vignettes–that examine children’s ability to recognize emotion arousal. In addition to prototypic facial expressions and behavioral/situational descriptions, some…Assessment of Social Perspective-Taking Performance (ASPP)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Assessment of Social Perspective- Taking Performance (ASPP) uses scenarios to assess students' social perspective-taking competency Subscore(s): Articulation of beliefs, Positioning of actors in social contextsThe APEEC consists of 16 items covering three broad domains of classroom practices:…Association of Alaska School Boards School Climate and Connectedness Surveys
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingBuilding and maintaining a positive school climate is essential for creating a school setting that cultivates learning, academic achievement, and student growth. The School Climate and Connectedness Survey (SCCS) provides a unique opportunity to measure student, staff and family perceptions on…Attitudes and Behavior Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Attitudes and Behaviors Survey gives a snapshot of the current experiences and perspectives of youth in schools, programs, or communities. It emphasizes the strengths and supports they currently have and need, and how those positive indicators protect against risk behaviors. This widely used…Authoritative School Climate Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe purpose of the Authoritative School Climate Survey (ASCS) is to assess school climate and bullying in school settings and help guide school improvement efforts. The ASCS is derived from the School Climate Bullying Survey (SCBS) and contains many of the same items and scales. The survey was…