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The Hemingway Measure of Adolescent Connectedness
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Learning environmentsThe full 78-item Hemingway includes 15 ecological subscales measuring three domains of adolescent connectedness - connectedness to self, connectedness to others, and connectedness to society.The Hemingway Measure of Late Adolescent Connectedness
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Higher educationThe full 78-item Hemingway includes 15 ecological subscales measuring three domains of adolescent connectedness - connectedness to self, connectedness to others, and connectedness to society.The Home Observation Measurement of the Environment-Short Form (HOME-SF)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Families and CommunitiesTags: ParentingThe Home Observation Measurement of the Environment-Short Form (HOME-SF) is an observation instrument commonly used to measure the home environment of children ages birth to 15 years old. The HOME-SF is an abridged version of the HOME inventory, which is twice the length, and contains mother…The Mathematics Classroom Connectedness Scale (MCCS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Quick and easy to administer
Cautions:Validated with students in Grades 5-9
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Mathematics Classroom Connectedness Scale (MCCS) is a student survey that measures how connected and supported students feel in their math classroom. It focuses on middle-grade learners. The scale asks students about their relationships with their math teacher, the sense of community in the…The Momentary Emotion Assessment Tool
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Momentary Emotion Assessment Tool is designed to track students' emotions and their responses in real time at school. This tool helps researchers and educators understand momentary emotions, how they change, and assess the impact of interventions aimed at improving students' school experiences…The Motivation and Engagement Scale Junior (MES-J)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingCreated along the Motivation and Engagement Wheel, the Motivation and Engagement Scale consists of eleven motivation and engagement subscales congruent with the eleven first-order factors in the Wheel (i.e., self-efficacy, valuing, mastery orientation, planning, task management, persistence,…The Motivation and Engagement Scale-University/College (MES-UC)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingCreated along the Motivation and Engagement Wheel, the Motivation and Engagement Scale consists of eleven motivation and engagement subscales congruent with the eleven first-order factors in the Wheel (i.e., self-efficacy, valuing, mastery orientation, planning, task management, persistence,…The Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children (PSPCSAYC)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingPSPCSAYC is a pictorial scale of perceived competence and social acceptance for young children, tapping 4 domains with 6 items each: cognitive competence, physical competence, peer acceptance, and maternal acceptance. Items differ somewhat for some scales across the two age levels. For the PSPCSAYC…The Problem Solving Inventory (PSI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe PSI assesses an individual's awareness and evaluation of his or her problem-solving abilities or style, thus provides a global of that individual as a problem solver.The PSI is a self-reported measure . The PSI consists of 35 six-point Likert items (with 3 filler questions), which constitute 3…The Scale for Teachers' Assessment of Routines Engagement (STARE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Scale for Teachers‘ Assessment of Routines Engagement (STARE) documents teachers‘ perspectives of a child‘s engagement in classroom activities. Suitable for both typically developing children and children with disabilities, STARE focuses on how much time the child was engaged with adults, peers…The School Success Profile (SSP)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe SSP is an online survey featuring 195 multiple-choice questions. These questions explore students' perceptions of their social surroundings—neighborhoods, schools, friends, and families—as well as their own physical and psychological well-being and academic performance (individual adaptation)…The School-Wide Cultural Competence Observation Checklist
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThis tool can be used to conduct culture audits as a means of assessing school-wide cultural competence, as well as how school's programs, policies, and practices reflect the perspectives and experiences of diverse groups. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may…The Science Management Observation Protocol (SMOP)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Science Management Observation Protocol (SMOP) is used to conduct structured observations of science classroom practice. SMOP identifies specific teacher behaviors and classroom characteristics which influence an inquiry-based classroom. Teachers and administrators can use the protocol to…The Self-Construal Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Self-Construal scale is a 30 items scale used to measure how people view themselves in relation to others. 2 subscales; interdependent self-construal and independent self-construal, comprise this scale. Each item is answered using a 7-point rating scale (1=strongly disagree, 4=neither agree or…The Sense of Control Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Sense of Control Scale 14 has 12 items that measure a person‘s sense of mastery over their outcomes (e.g., "Whether or not I am able to get what I want is in my own hands‚) and perceptions of constraints on their behavior (e.g., "Other people determine most of what I can and cannot do). …The Social Connectedness Scale-Revised
Expert NotesStrengths:Sensitive to differences in perceived social integration and isolation.
Cautions:Limited ability to capture structural or environmental influences on connection. May overlap with related constructs like loneliness and belongingness.
The Social Connectedness Scale includes 8 items and measures students' sense of connectedness, affiliation, and companionship to provide a broad picture of belongingness. The authors have an accompanying Social Assurance scale (which measures students' sense of companionship and affiliation) often…The Social-Emotional Assets and Resilience Scales (SEARS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Social-Emotional Assets and Resilience Scales (SEARS) were developed at the University of Oregon and are sold by Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR). They measure responsibility, self regulation, social competence, and empathy, and contain both long and short forms for K-12 students,…The Social Problem Solving Inventory Revised
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-R; D’Zurilla et al., 2002) is a 52-item, Likert-type inventory consisting of five major scales that measure the five different dimensions in the D’Zurilla et al. social problem-solving model. These scales are the Positive Problem Orientation (PPO)…The Social Skills Q-Sort (SSQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Social Skills Q-Sort (SSQ) is an instrument quantifying a child‘s comprehensive social skills profile using 100 descriptive cards. Observers sort the SSQ cards into 9 piles (from least characteristic in pile 1 to most characteristic in pile 9). Note: The overview provided for this instrument…The Youth Outcome Toolkit
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Building upon a five-year evaluation of the After-School Initiative funded by The Colorado Trust, and evaluations of other youth-serving programs, the National Research Center, Inc created the Youth Outcome Toolkit as a comprehensive evaluation resource for programs serving youth. The Toolkit…ThinkReady
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:ThinkReady (formerly C-PAS, CPAS) is an innovative assessment designed to track the development of Key Cognitive Strategies (KCS), which are the thinking skills necessary for college and career readiness and success. Through extensive research over more than a decade, Dr. David T. Conley, founder…Through Course Task (TCT)
Expert NotesStrengths:This NGSS assessment inlcudes detailed scoring guidance and annotated student work samples, which help teachers interpret student responses more consistently and understand what different levels of performance look like in practice.
Cautions:Scoring TCTs can be subjective and requires calibration among teachers, since evaluating open-ended student responses depends on interpretation of rubrics rather than strictly objective scoring.
Topics: Student LearningThrough Course Tasks (TCTs) are a set of performance-based science assessment tasks designed to measure students’ three-dimensional science learning within classroom instruction. They are implemented across grade levels, including elementary, as part of a broader, balanced assessment system that…Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) is an instrument measuring to what extent school personnel use (or need) school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS). The three tiers in TFI are 1) universal SWPBIS features, 2) targeted SWPBIS features, and 3) intensive SWPBIS features…Tool for Assessing Culturally Responsive Schooling in Indigenous-serving Schools
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Tool for Assessing Culturally Responsive Schooling in Indigenous-serving Schools is designed to assess the alignment of culturally responsive schooling principles within schools serving predominantly U.S. Indigenous students. Schools that serve a majority of Indigenous students are generally…Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Families and CommunitiesThe Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE) is a UK-developed instrument that assesses six parenting domains: emotion and affection, play and enjoyment, empathy and understanding, control, discipline and boundary setting, pressures of parenting self-acceptance and learning and knowledge…Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire Assessment Suite (TEIQue)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe TEIQue is a scientific measurement instrument based exclusively on trait EI theory and providing a comprehensive assessment of the emotional world of the individual. The TEIQue is predicated on trait EI theory, which conceptualises emotional intelligence as a personality trait, located at the…Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) - Mathematics
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) math assessmentis an international standardized test that measures math reasoning and problem solving in algebra, geometry, data analysis, and probability.TIMSS is in the process of transitioning to a digitally-based assessment…Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Provides internationally comparable data on students’ science knowledge and achievement.
Large, representative samples allow analysis of trends over time and across countries.
Cautions:Not aligned to NGSS and three-dimensional science learning
Focuses primarily on curriculum-based knowledge, not broader scientific skills or practices
Relies on standardized test items, which may not capture all aspects of student understanding
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international large-scale assessment that measures students’ achievement in mathematics and science at Grades 4 and 8. Conducted every four years, TIMSS compares student performance across participating countries and tracks…Tripod School Climate Index
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Tripod School Climate Index is comprised of seven question items across two commonly accepted dimensions of school climate, safety and relationships. Each question item is answered on a 5-point Likert scale by students in grade 6 though grade 12. Note: The overview provided for this instrument…U. S. Department of Education School Climate Survey (EDSCLS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe EDSCLS national benchmark study questionnaires designed for students, instructional staff, and non-instructional staff/principal cover 3 domains and 13 topics. The ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) are a suite of survey instruments that were developed for schools, districts, and states by NCES…