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Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentDeveloped by Tyler L. Renshaw, Anna C. J. Long, and Clayton R. Cook in 2015, the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (TSWQ) is an 8-item self-report tool designed to assess teachers’ work-related wellbeing. It includes two subscales—Teaching Efficacy and School Connectedness—that can be used…Teaching for a Robust Understanding (TRU) Mathematics
Expert NotesStrengths:Designed for use of teachers to guide improvement efforts (Grades K-12)
Cautions:Should not be used for evaluation; Calibration required for research purposes
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Teaching for a Robust Understanding (TRU) Mathematics framework is an observation and reflection tool used to examine the key dimensions of high-quality mathematics instruction. It identifies five areas that shape strong learning environments: the richness of the mathematical content,…Teaching Matter Content Knowledge Assessment for Preservice Elementary Teachers
Expert NotesStrengths:Includes both SMK (Subject Matter Knowledge) and PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge)
Cautions:Not validated for use with high-stakes decision making, e.g. part of requirements for teachers to graduate from teacher prep program
No psychometric evidence to support reporting scores broken down by content area
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Teaching Matter Content Knowledge Assessment for Preservice Elementary Teachers is designed to measure future elementary teachers’ understanding of matter and its interactions. It focuses on content knowledge for teaching (CKT)—a combination of subject matter knowledge and the ability to apply…Teaching NGSS Science with Multilingual Learners Questionnaire (Grapin et al., 2024)
Expert NotesStrengths:Useful in linguistically diverse contexts, for both research and professional development design
Cautions:Some NGSS and language constructs are difficult for teachers to interpret consistently
Validation evidence is currently strongest for elementary (K–6) teachers
Relies on self-reported practices rather than direct observation
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Teaching NGSS Science with Multilingual Learners Questionnaire is a teacher survey that measures elementary teachers’ beliefs, preparedness, and instructional practices for teaching science to multilingual learners under the Next Generation Science Standards. Developed by Grapin and colleagues…TeamUp Rubric
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTeamUP is a package of teaching and learning activities based on a theoretically grounded assessment rubric (Hastie et al., 2014). This rubric was designed to guide student learning and to assess the teamwork skills that they practice while undertaking team-based academic assignments in higher…Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThe Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) instrument is a self-efficacy survey that seeks to monitor and assess teachers' development of TPACK and seven interrelated knowledge domains. The measure is primarily aimed towards pre-service secondary mathematics teachers and can be used to…Tennessee District Science Network Task Library
Expert NotesStrengths:Explicitly aligned to NGSS three-dimensional expectations and include clear connections to specific performance expectations
Cautions:Require significant instructional time to administer and discuss.
Topics: Student LearningThe elementary assessments developed through the Tennessee District Science Network (TDSciN) are a set of performance-based science tasks designed to measure students’ three-dimensional learning aligned with current science standards. Each assessment is structured around a phenomenon- or problem…TerraNova 3 - Math
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTags: Mathematics educationTerraNova 3 from Data Recognition Corporation includes a range ofassessment products that measure math knowledge and skills, including online formats and brief test forms. The testing system was developed to be aligned to NCTM standards. TerraNova is available in Spanish as SUPERA.TerraNova3 - Reading
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTerraNova 3 reading assessments are designed to measureimportant higher order thinking skills as well as basic and applied skills. These assessments includenorm-referenced achievement scores, criterion-referenced objective mastery scores, and performance-level information.Test of Early Reading Ability-Fourth Edition (TERA-4)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe TERA-4 is an individually administered assessment of early reading mastery.Test of Mathematical Abilities – Third Edition (TOMA-3)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTags: Mathematics educationThe TOMA-3 is an assessmentdesigned to identify, describe, and quantify mathematical deficits in school-age children. In addition to the math assessment, there are also measures of attitudes toward math available.Test of Reading Comprehension - Fourth Edition (TORC-4)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe TORC-4 assesses students' silent reading comprehension. It can be used to identify students in need of targeted reading intervention, monitor student progress, and serve as a research tool. The assessment measuresword identification and contextual meaning across five subtests for students in…Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency-Second Edition (TOSCRF-2)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe TOSCRF-2 is an assessment of reading comprehension and general reading ability.Test of Silent Reading Efficiency and Comprehension (TOSREC)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe TOSREC is a test of silent reading efficiency and comprehension designed for screening and progress monitoring.Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency-Second Edition (TOSWRF-2)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe TOSWRF-2 is an assessment designed to measure the ability to recognize printed words accurately and efficiently.Tests of Conceptual Understanding
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe assessment includes approximately ten items that target students’ understanding of scientific concepts, processes, and reasoning. The instrument is designed to capture students’ depth of understanding of science concepts and their ability to apply scientific ideas in explanatory and inquiry…Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTPRI was created to assesses student progress in critical reading domains, including phonemic awareness, graphophonemic knowledge, word reading, comprehension, accuracy, and fluency.Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 (TSIA2)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:The Texas Success Initiative Assessment 2.0 (TSIA2) was introduced in 2021, replacing the previous version utilized since 2013. As per the Texas State Legislature mandate, all students entering Texas public higher education institutions must undergo TSIA2 or qualify for one of its exemptions. The…The Abbreviated School Climate Survey
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Abbreviated School Climate Survey (ASCS), an abbreviated version of the 100-item School Climate survey developed by the Developmental Studies Center (now known as the Center for the Collaborative Classroom), is a 34-item assessment of school climate that includes 7 of the 11 subscales from the…The Academic Motivation Scale (AMS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Echelle de Motivation en Education (EME) is based on the tenets of self-determination theory and is composed of 28 items subdivided into 7 subscales assessing three types of intrinsic motivation (intrinsic motivation to know, to accomplish things, and to experience stimulation), three types of…The Bridge-Positive Youth Development (Bridge-PYD)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Bridge-Positive Youth Development measure is an open-source, 40-item Likert survey initially validated using responses from 7-18-year-old children in a community-based after school program in Denver, CO. It uses a resilience-based framework incorporating the 5 Cs: Competence, Confidence,…The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe brief resilience scale (BRS) was created to assess the ability to bounce back or recover from stress. The BRS is comprised of 6 items. Items 1, 3, and 5 are positively worded while items 2, 4, and 6 are negatively worded. The BRS is scored by reverse coding items 2, 4, and 6, and finding the…The Cleminshaw-Guidubaldi Parent Satisfaction Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Families and CommunitiesTags: ParentingThe Cleminshaw-Guidubaldi Parent Satisfaction Scale is a 50-item self-reporting instrument that measures satisfaction with child-rearing skills. The instrument, which is designed for parents with children birth-18 years of age, contains five subscales: spouse support, child-parent relationship,…The Computational Thinking Test (CT-test)
Expert NotesStrengths:Systematically assesses a wide range of core computational thinking concepts (e.g., sequences, loops, conditionals, and functions) across progressively increasing difficulty levels, providing a comprehensive measure of students’ CT development.
Cautions:Uses multiple-choice, decontextualized tasks (e.g., maze or canvas problems), which may not fully capture how students apply computational thinking in authentic, open-ended coding or robotics activities.
Topics: Student LearningThe Computational Thinking Test (CT-test) is a multiple-choice assessment designed to measure students’ computational thinking skills across a range of core programming concepts in elementary and secondary educational contexts.The test evaluates several dimensions of computational thinking,…The Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Parent Education Data Collection System
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Families and CommunitiesTags: ParentingThe Cornell Cooperative Extension Parent Education Data Collection System is a tool used for Cornell Cooperative Extension parenting education classes. Items on the pre- and post- surveys are taken from national surveys such as the Three Cities Study and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to…The Culturally Affirming Climate Survey (CACS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe purpose of the CACS is to extract the racialized experiences of youth of color in school to highlight opportunities to mitigate issues of racial bias and discrimination. In previous work the CACS has been used to identify strategies to improve student well-being, belonging, and engagement. Six…The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe DECA is a newly developed standardized, norm‐referenced measure of resilience, completed by parents and teachers in a collaborative and supportive partnership. Subscales include initiative, attachment, self‐control, and behavioral concerns.The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingA revised version of the ERQ, the ERQ-CA is meant to be used in non-adult samples. Revision of the ERQ visible in the ERQ-CA include simplification of item wording and a switch from a 7-point Likert scale to a 5-point Likert scale. Subscore(s): Cognitive Reappraisal, Expressive Suppression,…The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Higher educationThe ERQ (Gross & John, 2003) comprises 10 items assessing the ER strategies of CR (6 items) and ES (4 items). Items are rated on a 7-point Likert-type response scale. Higher scores on each scale indicate greater use of the corresponding ER strategy. Subscore(s): Cognitive Reappraisal,…The Flourishing Children Project (FCP)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Flourishing Children Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, has constructed 20 scales based on a nationally representative sample to measure different dimensions of personal flourishing. The scales are open access, and many offer versions for both adolescents (ages 12-18) and parents…