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Mental Toughness Scale for Adolescents
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Mental Toughness Scale for Adolescents, examines the attributes of challenge, commitment, confidence (abilities and interpersonal), and control (life and emotion). Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or…Meriden School Climate Survey-Student Version (MSCS-SV)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Meriden School Climate Survey-Student Version is a 47-item survey of students‘ perception of adult support at school, school safety, respect for differences, adult support at home, including academic support, student aggression toward others, and peer support. Note: The overview provided for…Metacognitive Skills Teacher Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Metacognitive Skills Teacher Questionnaire is an 8-item teacher-respondent assessment of children's metacognitive abilities. 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 site providing…Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingThe Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) is a self-report measure designed to assess children's wellbeing inside and outside of school. Subscore(s): There are five subscores: Social and emotional development, Connectedness to peers and adults at school, at home, and in the…Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-Adolescents (MAAS-A)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Mindful Attention Awareness Scale-Adolescents (MAAS-A) assesses mindfulness in children and adolescents. 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 site providing information about the…Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale – Adolescent
Expert NotesStrengths:Strong evidence for measuring present-moment awareness and detecting change following mindfulness interventions.
Validated across U.S. adolescents and adults and multiple international student populations. Strong internal consistency (often α ≈ .85–.92).Cautions:Self-report scores should not be treated as direct evidence of actual mindful behavior.
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: College readinessThe Mindful Attention Awareness Scale – Adolescent (MAAS – A) is a 2011 adaptaption of the Brown & Ryan (2003) MAAS. It measures a single concept called dispositional mindfulness and is used for screening and progress monitoring. Research shows that higher scores relate to improved well-being…Minnesota Preschool Affect Checklist (MPAC)
Expert NotesStrengths:Strong reliability and validity data. Covers domains of self-regulation, social and emotional skills, and behavior problems.
Cautions:Requires administration by a trained administrator and must be collected across four different days, each with a 5-minute observation period. Only valid for children in the preschool years. Thus, it is not recommended for large-scale school-based research.
Topics: Student Well-Being53 items are organized into “mega”‐scales for positive and negative affect, inappropriate affect, positive and negative involvement with activities and environment, impulsivity (negative reactions to frustration), positive reactions to frustration, aggression/unusual behaviors, social isolation,…Mission Skills Assessment (MSA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe 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…Morgan-Jinks Student Efficacy Scale (MJSES)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Morgan-Jinks Student Efficacy Scale can be used to provide practitioners with insights into children's perceptions of their own academic self-efficacy. Subscore(s): There are three subscores: Talent, Context, Effort Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have…MSCEIT (Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe MSCEIT tests the respondent's ability to perceive, use, understand, and regulate emotions. Using every-day life scenarios, the MSCEIT assesses how well an individual can react to and solve emotional problems as well as solve tasks. It was designed for use in corporate, educational, research,…Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale (MSCS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe MSCS is designed to measure multiple context‐dependent dimensions of self‐concept. Self‐concept here is viewed as a multidimensional behavioral construct (Degulach, 1992), and the MSCS measures six contextual domains in six scales of 25 items each: Social competence related to interactions…Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingStudent-reported ethnic identity, defined as that part of the student's self-concept derived from his or her knowledge of their membership in a social group, together with the value and significance attached to that membership. Subscore(s): Positive ethnic attitudes and sense of belonging; Ethnic…My Class Inventory Short Form (MCI-SF)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe My Class Inventory-Short form, adapted from the longer form version of the My Class Inventory contains 25 yes or no questions written at a low reading level suitable for children. The MCI-SF asks respondents about their perceptions of five different dimensions of their actual classroom…National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Higher educationThe National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a school-based longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7-12 in the United States in 1994-95 that includes several items related to students' sense of belonging (e.g., “I feel like…NEO Personality Inventory-3
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThis tool provides a detailed assessment of general personality using the five-factor model. 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 site providing information about the instrument)…New York Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Youth Outcome Tracking Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingNext Generation Science Classroom (NGSC) Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Explicitly aligned with the practice turn emphasized in NGSS
Captures student perceptions of classroom science practices rather than teacher reports alone
Sensitive to differences in student experiences across classrooms and teachers
Useful for examining the opportunity to learn in practice-oriented science instruction
Cautions:Has not been tested with grade levels other than 7th and 8th grade
The sample of students it was tested with was small, and had limited demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity
Best used alongside other measures rather than as a standalone indicator of opportunity to learn
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Next Generation Science Classroom (NGSC) is a questionnaire that contains 35 items all scaled on a 5-point Likert scale. The items include understanding scientific explanations, generating scientific evidence, reflecting on scientific knowledge, and participating productively in science. Nondominant Cultural Capital Scales
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Nondominant Cultural Capital Scales operationalize Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth (CCW) framework. CCW refers to the assets that students of color bring to schooling. The four scales include aspirational capital (the ability to maintain hopes and dreams for the future), familial…NSCH Social Competence Scale (NSCH-SCS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe NSCH Social Competence Scale (NSCH-SCS) assesses social competence in youth and was designed to be incorporated into large, nationally representative surveys. Subscore(s): There are two subscores: Social skills, Behavior problems Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content…NYC School Survey - Teacher Form
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-Beingfamilies, teachers and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey is designed to collect important information about each school's ability to support student success. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that…Observation Protocol for Metadiscourse Markers in Science Talk (Ko & Luna, 2023)
Expert NotesStrengths:Good for exploring how teachers and students navigate uncertainty during knowledge-building in science
Useful for qualitative and mixed-methods studies of classroom discourse and science learning interactions
Cautions:This is a framework rather than a ready-to-use checklist; would need some work to operationalize it for a classroom observation protocol
Pre-work needed to adapt the coding scheme to a new context since Meta-Discourse Markers vary across contexts
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Observation Protocol for Metadiscourse Markers in Science Talk is a classroom observation and discourse framework through which to examine how teachers and students use talk to build knowledge in science. Developed by Ko and Luna in 2023, the framework identifies and categorizes metadiscourse…OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills - Parents
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Study on Social and Emotional Skills aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills. Note: The overview provided…OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills - Students 6-12
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Study on Social and Emotional Skills aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills. Note: The overview provided…OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills - Students K-5
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Study on Social and Emotional Skills aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills. Note: The overview provided…OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills - Principals
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingThe Study on Social and Emotional Skills aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills. https://www.oecd.org/en/about…OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills - Teachers
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: BelongingThe Study on Social and Emotional Skills aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills. https://www.oecd.org/en/about…Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingDimensions (Subtests of the OCDQ-RE): Supportive principal behavior reflects a basic concern for teachers. The principal listens and is open to teacher suggestions. Praise is given genuinely and frequently, and criticism is handled constructively. The competence of the faculty is respected, and the…Organizational Climate Index (OCI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Organizational Climate Index (OCI) is a short organizational climate descriptive measure for schools. The index has four dimensions —principal leadership, teacher professionalism, achievement press for students to perform academically, and vulnerability to the community. The measure is a…Overall Sense of Belonging subscale
Expert NotesStrengths:Validated with racially diverse first-year U.S. college students. Useful for examining how campus climate and college experiences relate to students’ sense of belonging.
Cautions:Evidence is strongest for first-year college students.
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Belonging, MotivationThe Overall Sense of Belonging subscale is a brief, 3-item survey that measures how well students connect to their school community. The tool is designed for students in their first year of college. It assesses how students integrate into both academic and social environments. The subscale contains…PAIRIN Readiness Management System
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingPAIRIN Pro is an all-inclusive coaching and development tool that dynamically matches people to optimal job profiles and training programs, identifies individual skill gaps, and provides tools and resources to help develop those skills to ensure each person reaches their full potential. Note: The…