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Inquiry Science Instruction Observation Protocol (ISIOP)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Inquiry Science Instruction Observation Protocol (ISIOP) is a structured classroom observation measure for middle and high school science. The measure is used to identify the nature and extent of inquiry science instruction.Instructional Practices Inventory (IPI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThe Instructional Practices Inventory is a teacher-led process for (a) collecting data about student cognitive engagement during class time, (b) organizing the data into user-friendly profiles, and (c) leading faculty collaborative study of the data so classroom teachers can more effectively design…Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThe Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA) is a classroom observation instrument that rates the nature and quality of classroom instruction by considering students‘ opportunities to engage in cognitively demanding mathematical work and discussions. The IQA uses the following elements to assess…Instructional Quality Assessment Tool (Tekkumru-Kisa et al., 2020)
Expert NotesStrengths:Uses both classroom observations and student work to capture what students are actually doing
Cautions:Not intended to be used as a teacher evaluation
Tested with a small sample from a single secondary school in the southeastern U.S.
Results depend heavily on which lessons or assignments teachers submit
Requires clear guidance and rater training to ensure consistent scoring
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Instructional Quality Assessment Tool for Science (IQA-Science) is designed to measure how rigorous and intellectually engaging science instruction is in real classrooms. IQA-Science combines classroom observations with teachers’ assignments and samples of student work to capture what students…Interview Protocol for Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science (Alonzo & Kim, 2015)
Expert NotesStrengths:Helps reveal both the knowledge teachers can explain and the knowledge they use spontaneously while teaching.
Provides detailed insights into how teachers interpret and respond to student thinking.
Can inform teacher education and professional development by highlighting areas of strong and weak PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge)
Cautions:Focused on high-school physics; may need adaptation for other grades or subjects.
Requires teachers to watch and reflect on videos, which takes time and comfort with video-based self-analysis.
Interpretation relies on skilled interviewers; different researchers might infer slightly different things from teacher responses.
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Video-Based Interview Protocol for Teacher PCK in Science (Alonzo & Kim, 2015) uses video-based interviews to understand what teachers know about teaching science (their Pedagogical Content Knowledge, or PCK) and how they use that knowledge in real classrooms. Teachers watch short clips of…K-12 Staff Equity and Inclusion Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesCore constructs include: culture practices inclusion, culture embraces individuals, structures, policies and leaership, and people and relationships. Core sections include: agency, expressing oneself, and leadership inclusion, supervisor questions, minority status, embracing diverse identities,…K-TEEM
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentK-TEEM is a web-based assessment designed to measure early elementary teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching.Making Sense of Science (Electric Circuits Assessment)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentMaking Sense of Science (Electric Circuits Assessment) is a written test that measures teachers' pedagogical content knowledge regarding electric circuits. Test items are aligned to the National Science Education Standards Benchmarks, the Full Option Science System curriculum, and the Science and…Maslach Burnout Inventory: Educators Survey (MBI-ES)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Maslach Burnout Inventory: Educators Survey (MBI-ES) is a version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory measuring professional burnout among educators (teachers, staff, and volunteers). It contains 22 items examining emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment on a 7-point…Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) instrument measures the specialized knowledge of K-8 teachers of mathematics use in teaching. These measures include items that reflect the real mathematics tasks teachers face in classrooms, such as assessing student work, representing numbers and…Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Validated in Grades K-8
Cautions:Should not be used for evaluation; Requires multiple observations; Calibration required for research purposes; Primarily used by researchers
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI) is a Common Core-aligned observational rubric that provides a framework for analyzing mathematics instruction. Observers rate instruction across five domains: common core-aligned student practices; working with students and mathematics; richness of…Mathematics Scan
Expert NotesStrengths:Validated in Grades 6-12
Cautions:Should not be used for evaluation; Requires multiple observations; Calibration required for research purposes; Primarily used by researchers
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Mathematics Scan (M-Scan) is a classroom observation tool designed to show how well mathematics instruction aligns with the vision set by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). It focuses on what high-quality, standards-based math teaching looks like in practice and provides a…Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument (MTEBI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument (MTEBI) is a domain-specific modification of the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI). The MTEBI measures pre-service teachers‘ beliefs regarding mathematical instruction, students' ability to learn mathematics and teachers‘ sense…Matthews & Lopez 2019
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentSubscales within the article are: Critical Awareness, Heritage Language Expectations, Cultural Content Integration. The authors reported that honoring students’ heritage language (i.e., Spanish) is the mediating element through which cultural content integration predicts mathematics achievement for…Misconceptions-Oriented Standards-Based Assessment Resources for Teachers (MOSART)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Professional developmentThe Misconceptions-Oriented Standards-Based Assessment Resources for Teachers (MOSART) is a set of teacher knowledge assessments linked to the NRC National Science Education Standards. Assessments are broken down by grade level (K-4, 5-8, and 9-12) and by content area (physical science, earth…Modeling-Based Teaching Observation Protocol (MBTOP) Shi et. al, 2021
Expert NotesStrengths:Focuses on what teachers actually do in classrooms when supporting scientific modeling
Uses clear performance indicators and levels that can support feedback, reflection, and PD
Grounded in video evidence, making expectations for modeling-based instruction concrete
Cautions:Requires trained observers and time to score
Validated using videotaped lessons in China focused on electrochemistry, so may not generalize to other countries, grade levels, or science topics
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Modeling-Based Teaching Observation Protocol (MBTOP) is a classroom observation protocol that measures the quality of teachers’ modeling-based teaching in science. Developed by Shi and colleagues in 2021, it assesses 18 indicators of modeling-based teaching performance (MBTP) across five…Multicultural Efficacy Scale (MES)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Multicultural Efficacy Scale (MES) measures teachers' multicultural efficacy and the multicultural teacher education dimensions of intercultural experiences, minority group knowledge, attitudes about diversity, and knowledge of teaching skills in multicultural settings. Subscore(s): Teacher…Multicultural Staff Development Teacher Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Multicultural Staff Development Teacher Survey analyzes the teachers' perceptions of multicultural education's benefits to their students and who and what is necessary for the students to receive those perceived benefits; the teachers' interest and motivation for attending a multicultural…Multicultural Teaching Competency Scale (MTCS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Multicultural Teaching Competency Scale (MTCS) captures three dimensions of multicultural teaching competency: awareness, knowledge, and skills. Multicultural teaching awareness is defined as three dynamic and continuous processes reflecting teachers‘ awareness of (a) self and others as…Multicultural Teaching Observation Instrument (MTOI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Teacher Support category measures a teachers' support of students as individuals and their culture. The Classroom equity category measures whether teachers are fair or equitable toward all students and the extent to which teachers try to reduce prejudice in the classroom. The integration of…Personal Assessment and Reflection - SEL Competencies for School Leaders, Staff, and Adults
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThis tool was designed for self-reflection. It should not be used to evaluate performance. Principals, administrators, SEL team members, and staff members can use it to assess their personal strengths and think about how they can model those strengths when interacting with others. The tool also…Practical Measures, Routines & Representations (PMR²) Task Analysis Tool
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use practical measure; Designed for use of teachers to guide improvement efforts
Cautions:Not validated with external measures; Should not be used for evaluation
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Practical Measures, Routines & Representations (PMR²) Task Analysis Tool is an observation and planning tool used to examine the level of cognitive rigor built into a mathematics task before it is taught. It helps teachers and instructional teams look closely at what students must actually…Preschool Program Quality Assessment, 2nd edition (PQA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe current revision of the PQA includes two notable differences from earlier versions: 1) the number of content areas has increased from four to seven, and 2) the scoring system has been revised to adequately measure the full range of quality along each quality construct. As described by the…Preservice Teacher Feedback Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Professional developmentThe Preservice Teacher Feedback Survey measures beliefs about classroom feedback practices and confidence in giving feedback to students. The measure is designed for use by preservice teachers to assess the extent to which their beliefs and confidence in giving feedback align with research on…Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observation (PLATO)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations (PLATO) is a classroom observation protocol designed to evaluate thirteen elements of English Language Arts (ELA) instruction. It was originally developed for a study of the relationship between teachers' classroom practices and their impact on…Quality of Classroom Instruction (QCI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Quality of Classroom Instruction (QCI) measures the quality of explicit instruction. QCI examines the following eight aspects of instructional interactions: teacher modeling, instructional pacing, response time, transitions between activities, student engagement, learning success, checks of…REAL Math Toolkit Observation and Debrief Protocol
Expert NotesStrengths:Designed for use of teachers to guide improvement efforts; Tested with teachers in grades 7-12; Easy to use practical measure
Cautions:Not validated with external measures; Should not be used for evaluation
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe REAL Math Toolkit Observation and Debrief Protocol is a pair of tools designed to support teachers and coaches in examining how culturally responsive and sustaining mathematics instruction shows up in a single lesson. The Observation Protocol provides a focused set of indicators tied to key…Recognizing Effective Special Education Teachers (RESET)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesRESET is a special education teacher observation system that includes observation protocols aligned with evidence-based instructional practices for students with high-incidence disabilities. Subscore(s): Explicit instruction Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that…Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThe Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) is an observational instrument used to assess the degree to which mathematics or science instruction in grades K-12 is "reformed." Trained observers rate teachers' instruction across three domains: Lesson Design and Implementation, Content, and…Scale of Teacher Empathy for African American Males (S-TEAAM)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Scale of Teacher Empathy for African American Males (S-TEAAM) measures teachers‘ conceptions of empathy and the application of empathy with Black males. Subscore(s): Empathy; Affirmation; Student-teacher relationships Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may…