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Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) measures students' self-assessments of how well they use reading strategies when working with academic or school-based texts. It is designed to help students increase metacognition and to be more strategic in their approach to…Metacognitive Performance Assessment (MPA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe Metacognitive Performance Assessment (MPA) measures metacognition in mathematical problem solving. 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…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 Grades Survey of Student Engagement (MGSSE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTags: Student engagementMiddle Grades Survey of Student Engagement (MSSSE) measures students perceptions about their school work, the learning environment, and the school community. The MSSSE can help school staff to plan and implement interventions designed to promote school engagement. Subscore(s): There are three…Middle School Learning Strategies Scale (MSLS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe MSLS measures students use of cognitive, behavioral and metacognitive learning strategies. Subscore(s): There are three subscores: Cognitive, Behavioral, Metacognitive strategy use Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the…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,…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…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…Missouri Higher Education Civics Examination
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTags: Social studies educationThe Missouri Higher Education Civics Examination is required for all undergraduates enrolled in a Missouri two-year or four-year college on or after July 1, 2019. It consists of 50 questions and assesses students' knowledge on the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Bill of Rights, governmental institutions,…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…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…Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Most widely used instrument designed to capture multiple aspects of learning and motivation; includes both motivation (e.g., intrinsic goal orientation, task value) and learning strategies (e.g., effort regulation, time and study environment management) Strong predictor of academic performance (e.g., course achievement).
Cautions:Limited validation across diverse populations: Much of the research has been conducted with less diverse samples, and studies with more diverse student populations have found weaker model fit, suggesting the measure may not function the same across contexts. Self-report limitations: Students may have difficulty accurately reporting their learning strategies, especially when reflecting on complex or unconscious processes.
The MSLQ assesses learning strategies and motivation in college students. The motivation scales assess (1) value (intrinsic and extrinsic goal orientation, task value), (2) expectancy (control beliefs about learning, self-efficacy); and (3) affect (test anxiety). The learning strategies section is…Motivation and Engagement Scale (MES)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTags: Student engagement, MotivationThe Motivation and Engagement Scale consists of eleven motivation and engagement subscales congruent with the eleven first-order factors in the Wheel. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website (or…Motivation and Goals
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTags: MotivationThe Motivation and Goals measure asks students to report how often they try to be social responsible, learn new things, and earn positive school evaluations. Subscore(s): There are four subscores: Prosocial goals, Compliance goals, Mastery goals, Evaluation goals Note: The overview provided for…Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe Motivations for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ) assesses students' motivation to read. Subscore(s): There are 11 subscores: Reading efficacy, Reading challenge, Reading curiosity, Reading involvement, Importance of reading, Reading work avoidance, Competition in reading, Recognition for…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,…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…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…NAEP Sample Items
Expert NotesStrengths:The NAEP Questions Tool provides access to authentic, nationally benchmarked assessment items. Allows for comparison with how students across the country performed on the same question.
Cautions:The NAEP Science Sample Items are released selectively and represent only a subset of the full assessment, so they may not provide a complete or balanced picture of the content domain or skills being assessed.
Topics: Student LearningThe NAEP Science Sample Items are a collection of released assessment questions drawn from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), designed to measure students’ science achievement at the national level. These items represent the types of questions used in operational NAEP…National AfterSchool Association Core Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies Self-Assessment Tool
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Tags: Child developmentThe Self-Assessment Tools empower individuals to assess their knowledge and skills based on the competencies outlined in the NAA Core Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies for OST Professionals. The Self-Assessment Tools are organized by content areas and allow OST professionals to reflect on…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…National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Nationally benchmarked dataset enabling cross-institution comparisons. Widely used for institutional assessment and improvement efforts.
Cautions:Response rates and sampling differences can affect comparability. Limited ability to make causal claims about engagement and outcomes.
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is a survey mechanism used to measure the level of student participation at universities and colleges in Canada and the United States as it relates to learning and engagement. It is a widely used instrument for assessing the quality of undergraduate…