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Engineering-Infused Lesson Rubric
Expert NotesStrengths:Can be used by teachers, coaches, and curriculum developers to analyze lessons and materials *before* instruction occurs and identify opportunities to strengthen engineering connections
Cautions:Appropriate for scoring individual lessons but not entire units or curricular materials
Reliable use, especially for research or cross-classroom comparisons, requires a shared understanding of rubric categories and examples.
Focuses on the infusion of engineering into science instruction; you would need a separate instrument to assess the quality of that underlying science instruction
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Engineering-Infused Lesson Rubric is an instrument that assesses the integration of engineering into science. It contains 12 items divided into three sections (labeled A1-C3): curriculum materials, design-centered teacher practices, and engagement with engineering concepts. The first section…EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Student engagementThe EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being assesses 5 positive psychological characteristics (Engagement, Perseverance, Optimism, Connectedness, and Happiness) that might foster well-being, physical health, and other positive outcomes in adulthood. Note: The overview provided for this instrument…Ethnic Identity Scale-Brief (EIS-B)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Ethnic Identity Scale assesses three distinct components of ethnic-racial identity: (a) exploration, or the degree to which individuals have explored their ethnicity; (b) resolution, or the degree to which they have resolved what their ethnic identity means to them; and (c) affirmation, or the…Expectancy-Value-Cost
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe EVC scale was developed based on the Expectancy-Value model to understand motivational factors. This brief 10-item scale is designed to be a rapid measure reflecting student's perceptions of the extent they think they can be successful and the extent that they think a task is worthwhile. This…Family-Friendly School Parent Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingGathers information in 4 domains: 1. The welcoming environment of the school toward families 2. The degree to which the school supports learning at home 3. Effective two-way communication between home and school 4. Important issues in family engagement (i.e. policy, governance, parental efficacy)…Feelings About School (FAS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingIn this measure, FAS is used to assess children’s: Perceptions of Their Competence in Math and Literacy ‐‐ These items reflect the way a child feels about their abilities with numbers, letters, and reading (i.e., “how good they are with”, “how much they know about”, and “how good they are at…Florida Civics EOC Assessment
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Social studies educationThe Florida Civics End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment is required for all Florida public school students taking the required civics course in the middle grades, mostly commonly in Grade 7. The test assesses students' understanding of the origins and purposes of the U.S. political system and government,…Free Time Motivation Scale for Adolescents (FTMSA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: MotivationThe Free Time Motivation Scale for Adolescents (FTMSA) can be used to understand the choices adolescents make about how they spend their free time. Subscore(s): There are five subscores: Amotivation, External, Introjected, Identified, Intrinsic motivation Note: The overview provided for…Friendship and Social Skills Test (FASST)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Friendship and Social Skills Test (FASST) is a parent-report measure of child peer relationships and social skills that can assist teachers and clinicians in referring children to social skills interventions Subscore(s): There are five subscores: Friendship activities, Peer…Friendship Quality Questionnaire (FQQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Friendship Quality Questionnaire (FQQ) is a 40-item self report measure of the quality of a child's best friendship. The FQQ is comprised of 6 subscales; validation and caring, conflict resolution, conflict and betrayal, help and guidance, companionship and recreation, and intimate exchange. …Friendship Quality Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Friendship Qualities Scale is a theoretically grounded, multidimensional measurement instrument to assess the quality of children's and early adolescents' relationships with their best friends according to five conceptually meaningful aspects of the friendship relation. These dimensions are…Gallup Student Poll
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Gallup Student Poll is a web-based survey of engagement, hope, belonging, and wellbeing in students ranging from grade 5 through grade 12. The Gallup Student Poll is available to schools and districts in the United States and Canada. Subscore(s): Belonging, Engagement, Hope Note: The overview…Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GaBSCI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GaBSCI) is a 9-item measure of students' perceptions of school climate across three dimensions (safety, teaching and learning, and relationships within the school). Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been…Georgia School Climate Surveys
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Georgia Student Health Survey identifies safety and health issues that have a negative impact on student achievement and school climate. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website (or other…Georgia Student Health Survey 2.0 Elementary
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Georgia Student Health Survey identifies safety and health issues that have a negative impact on student achievement and school climate. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website (or other…Global Empathy Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Global Empathy Scale (GES) is a measure of high school aged student's self-reported awareness of political and social rights of others, emotional connectedness to others, as well as one's likelihood to speak up for others. The 11-items within this measure are responded to on a Likert scale. …Growth Mindset Scale (3-item)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingPsychologist Carol Dweck created the 3-item Growth Mindset Scale to measure how much people believe that they can get smarter if they work at it. The scale is freely available. Researchers have used this scale primarily with students, including college students whose parents did not complete a four…Hall of Heroes
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingIn Hall of Heroes, students enroll in a superhero middle school where they must build their powers and skills to make friends, resist peer pressure, and save the school from supervillain Dr. Klepto. In addition, students improve middle school readiness skills, such as locker combinations and…HEIghten Critical Thinking Assessment
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe HEIghten Critical Thinking assessment is administered in a single 45-minute testing session. Each test taker answers 26 questions. The item types include critical thinking sets, short arguments or informational passages, and sets that present conditions applicable to a fictional situation. …HEIghten Written Communication Assessment
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe HEIghten Written Communication assessment addresses four dimensions: Knowledge of social and rhetorical situations, knowledge of conceptual strategies, knowledge of language use and conventions, knowledge of the writing process. The HEIghten Written Communication assessment is administered in a…Hello Insight: Elementary Social and Emotional Learning
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingHello Insight provides a suite of social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment tools designed to measure and enhance youth development in various contexts. These instruments collect real-time, research-based data to help educators, program leaders, and researchers understand how young people develop…Hello Insight: SEL at Camp
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingHello Insight provides a suite of social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment tools designed to measure and enhance youth development in various contexts. These instruments collect real-time, research-based data to help educators, program leaders, and researchers understand how young people develop…Hello Insight: Social and Emotional Learning
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingHello Insight provides a suite of social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment tools designed to measure and enhance youth development in various contexts. These instruments collect real-time, research-based data to help educators, program leaders, and researchers understand how young people develop…Hello Insight: Sports
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingHello Insight provides a suite of social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment tools designed to measure and enhance youth development in various contexts. These instruments collect real-time, research-based data to help educators, program leaders, and researchers understand how young people develop…Hello Insight: Youth Leadership and Action
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingHello Insight provides a suite of social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment tools designed to measure and enhance youth development in various contexts. These instruments collect real-time, research-based data to help educators, program leaders, and researchers understand how young people develop…High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) Scales
Expert NotesStrengths:Captures a wide range of science experiences and attitudes over time.
Useful for understanding how science identity, interest, and achievement interact.
Cautions:Based on self-reports, so results may be affected by social desirability bias—students answering in ways they think are favorable rather than fully accurate.
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe HSLS scales are used to measure students’ science attitudes, experiences, and aspirations over time. They include items on science interest, self-confidence, identity as a “science person,” and participation in science courses or activities. The goal is to track how students’ science skills and…High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe High School Survey of Student Engagement, a self-report measure, is built on a three-pronged framework of student engagement in their learning environment. The 121 items in this the survey consists of both open response and selected response questions. Subscore(s): Cognitive/intellectual…Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThis 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):…Home and Community Social Behavior Scales
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingCatching “red flag” behaviors early is an essential part of helping children and adolescents before social-emotional difficulties become major roadblocks to success in school and in life. These two easy, reliable screening tools give K–12 education professionals a comprehensive look at a child’s…How I Feel About Myself and School Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe How I Feel About Myself and School Questionnaire is a measure of youth wellbeing in the school context. 30‐item self‐report measure of emotion for 8‐ to 12‐year‐old children—the How I Feel (HIF). Item generation and selection occurred via 2 pilot administrations (ns = 250 and 378,…