The Instruments

The Culturally Inclusive and Responsive Curricular Environments (CIRCLE) Scale is a student survey that captures how culturally inclusive, respectful, and responsive a school’s learning environment feels to students. It was developed using interviews with middle school students from multiple cultural groups, who shared their experiences with teachers, peers, curriculum, and school policies. These insights shaped the survey items so that they reflect what cultural inclusion looks and feels like from a student perspective.

The Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP) is a comprehensive framework and evaluation tool that operationalizes culturally responsive instruction. Indicators of culturally responsive instruction are rated on a scale of 0 (never) to 4 (consistently); and each indicator includes detailed examples of what constitutes responsive and non-responsive practice. CRIOP is intended for use as a classroom observation guide for coaches, principals, instructional coaches, etc. to support classroom teachers in the development of more culturally responsive instruction.

The Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale (CRTSE) is a survey that assesses teachers‘ beliefs that engaging in culturally responsive teaching practices will have positive classroom and student outcomes. The scale is based on Bandura's (1977) research on outcome expectancies (a person's estimate that a given behavior will lead to certain outcomes), and Siwatu's (2006) research on Culturally Responsive Teaching Competencies. Survey respondents rate from 0 to 100 the probability that a certain culturally responsive teaching behavior will lead to positive classroom and student outcomes. The scale has primarily been used to support the development of preservice teachers.

The Culturally Responsive Teaching Survey measures instructional practices associated with culturally responsive teaching, including conveying respect and connectedness, building on students' personal experiences, and encouraging confidence as learners. Subscore(s): Establishing inclusion; Developing attitude; Enhancing meaning; Engendering competence

The CEEA equips schools and workplaces to make data-driven decisions to improve the culture and climate. The CEEA for schools is aligned with 21st Century Skills and distinguished from other school climate surveys by its unique focus on the cultural assets provided by school and family culture. The CEEA process also supports the development of cultural assets essential for all schools working on RTI, PBIS, building a safe and supportive school climate, social-emotional learning standards, and other educational initiatives. Students - Competencies (Version 4.2 only) (excellence, ethics); School culture (excellence, ethics); Faculty practices (excellence, ethics); Student safety; Faculty support for and engagement of students. Faculty/Staff - Competencies (Version 4.2 only) (excellence, ethics); School culture (excellence, ethics); Faculty practices (excellence, ethics); Student safety; Faculty support for and engagement of students; Leadership practices; Faculty beliefs and behaviors; Home-school communication and support. Parents - Perception of school culture; School engaging parents; Parents engaging with school; Learning at home/promoting excellence; Parenting/promoting ethics.

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The CEEA equips schools and workplaces to make data-driven decisions to improve the culture and climate. The CEEA for schools is aligned with 21st Century Skills and distinguished from other school climate surveys by its unique focus on the cultural assets provided by school and family culture. The CEEA process also supports the development of cultural assets essential for all schools working on RTI, PBIS, building a safe and supportive school climate, social-emotional learning standards, and other educational initiatives. Students - Competencies (Version 4.2 only) (excellence, ethics); School culture (excellence, ethics); Faculty practices (excellence, ethics); Student safety; Faculty support for and engagement of students. Faculty/Staff - Competencies (Version 4.2 only) (excellence, ethics); School culture (excellence, ethics); Faculty practices (excellence, ethics); Student safety; Faculty support for and engagement of students; Leadership practices; Faculty beliefs and behaviors; Home-school communication and support. Parents - Perception of school culture; School engaging parents; Parents engaging with school; Learning at home/promoting excellence; Parenting/promoting ethics.

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The CEEA equips schools and workplaces to make data-driven decisions to improve the culture and climate. The CEEA for schools is aligned with 21st Century Skills and distinguished from other school climate surveys by its unique focus on the cultural assets provided by school and family culture. The CEEA process also supports the development of cultural assets essential for all schools working on RTI, PBIS, building a safe and supportive school climate, social-emotional learning standards, and other educational initiatives.

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The 2016 Delaware School Surveys (DSS) are comprised of five separate scales: Delaware School Climate Scale (DSCS); Delaware Bullying Victimization Scale (DBVS); Delaware Student Engagement Scale (DSES); Delaware Positive, Punitive, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Techniques Scale (DTS); and Delaware Social and Emotional Competencies Scale (DSECS) (new for 2016).

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The Delaware School Climate Survey-Student Version is a brief survey that measures student feelings about school climate across several subdomains (which include Social and Emotional Competencies, Classroom Management Techniques, Bullying, and Engagement). Parent/Guardian and teacher versions of the Delaware School Climate Survey are also available for implementation.

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The Delaware School Surveys are intended to provide schools with useful information for needs assessment, program development, and program evaluation. In developing each of the five scales, a particular focus was on creating valid and reliable self-report tools that schools can use to assess (a) program goals commonly associated with the SWPBIS and SEL approaches to school discipline (see Bear, 2020; Bear, Sprague, Whitcomb, & Bear, 2019; Whitcomb, Elias, & Blank, 2015), as currently implemented in most schools in Delaware, and (b) bullying prevention programs, which are mandated by Delaware state law and thus implemented to one degree or another in all schools.

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Denham’s Affective Knowledge Test (AKT; 1986) utilizes puppets to measure preschoolers’ developmentally appropriate understanding of emotional expressions and situations. Children's understanding of emotion is assessed using puppets with detachable faces that depict happy, sad, angry, and afraid expressions. First, children are asked to both verbally name the emotions depicted on these faces, and then to nonverbally identify them by pointing. This procedure taps into their ability to recognize expressions of emotion. Then, in two subtests of emotion situation knowledge, the puppeteer makes standard facial and vocal expressions of emotions while enacting emotion‐laden stories, such as fear during a nightmare, happiness at getting some ice cream, and anger at having a block tower destroyed. Children place on the puppet the face that depicts the puppet's feeling in each situation. In eight situations, the puppet feels emotions that would be common to most people, such as those mentioned above. Finally, children are asked to make inferences of emotions in nonsterotypical, equivocal situations. This subtest measures how well children identify others' feelings in situations where the "other" feels differently than the child. All the situations that the puppeteer depicts during this section of the measure could easily elicit one of two different emotions in different people, as in feeling happy or afraid to get into a swimming pool. Before the assessment, children’s parents report, via forced‐choice questionnaire, how their children would feel; these responses determine the emotions expressed by the puppet. For example, if the parent reports that the child would be happy to come to preschool, the puppet is depicted feeling sad.

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This survey is inteded to assess the strengths, supports, and social-emotional factors essential for youth success. It is built on the Developmental Assets Framework, which describes 40 external and internal assets necessary for success and thriving in the future. The DAP shows youth perspectives in many parts of their lives: personal, peers, family, school, and community. Subscore(s): Risk, Support

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This comprehensive kit contains resources to support the development of infants’ and toddlers’ social and emotional health. The screening and assessment tool focuses on identifying key social and emotional strengths and the planning resources provide caregivers and parents with research-based strategies to promote children’s resilience.

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The Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA) is a behavior rating scale that assess eight social-emotional competencies in children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Additionally, a new high school assessment is also available.DESSA is completed by parents/guardians, teachers, or staff members at schools and similar institutions such as after-school, social service and mental health programs. The assessment can be administered via computer or paper and pencil and is available in both English and Spanish.

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The ISSAQ Intake Survey assesses the noncognitive skills of students transitioning into college (e.g., through college access programs, advising, first-year experience). The survey addresses twelve factors that represent the behavioral, motivational, emotional, and social domains of college success: organization, quality of focus, engagement, goal commitment, persistence, effort of focus, calmness, coping strategies, self-efficacy, help seeking, sense of belonging, and institutional commitment. These factors are used to articulate students' strengths and challenges, identify their likelihood of academic success and persistence, and connect them with support and resources. Subscore(s): Organization, Goal Directed Behavior, Coping Strategies, Self Efficacy, Help Seeking

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Diagnostic Mathematics Assessments for Elementary School Teachers are written tests that measure mathematics knowledge in four content domains (Whole Number/Computation, Rational Number/Computation, Geometry/Measurement, Probability/Statistics/Algebra) and across four types of knowledge (Memorized Knowledge; Conceptual Understanding; Problem Solving/ Reasoning; and Pedagogical Content Knowledge). Researchers, professional development providers, and course instructors can administer the assessments as pre- and post-tests before and after workshops, institutes, or courses to determine growth in teachers' content knowledge. Multiple parallel versions of each assessment are available.

Diagnostic Science Assessments for Middle School Teachers are written tests that measure mathematics knowledge in three content domains (Physical Science; Life Science; Earth/Space Science) and across four types of knowledge (Declarative Knowledge; Scientific Inquiry and Procedures; Schematic Knowledge; Pedagogical Content Knowledge). Researchers, professional development providers, and course instructors can administer the assessments as pre- and post-tests before and after workshops, institutes, or courses to determine growth in teachers' content knowledge. Multiple parallel versions of each assessment are available.

Diagnostic Mathematics Assessments for Middle School Teachers are written tests that measure mathematics knowledge in four content domains (Number/Computation, Geometry/Measurement, Probability/Statistics, Algebraic Ideas) and across four types of knowledge (Memorized Knowledge; Conceptual Understanding; Problem Solving/ Reasoning; and Pedagogical Content Knowledge). Researchers, professional development providers, and course instructors can administer the assessments as pre- and post-tests before and after workshops, institutes, or courses to determine growth in teachers' content knowledge. Multiple parallel versions of each assessment are available.

The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) 8th Edition is an assessment that can be used for benchmark screening and monitoring growth of students in grades K-8.

The intent of the Digital Online Media Literacy Assessment (DOMLA) is to collect quantitative data that will aid in identifying digital online media literacy levels of university students Subscore(s): There are four subscores: Reading comprehension, Listening comprehension, Viewing comprehension, Writing skills

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Dispositional Hope Scale [22] assesses a global trait based hope score for individuals above 15 years old. The scale is in 4-point Likert-type scale ranging from Definitely False to Definitely True. There are twelve items in the scale distributed as follows: pathways subscale (4 items), agentic thinking subscale (4 items) and four negative statements as fillers that aren‘t related to hope. Subscore(s): Goal Directed Behavior, Agency

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The Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (DPICS) is a system that assesses parent-child interactions. The instrument can be used to measure ongoing progress as well as pre- and post-treatment outcomes. The DPICS can be completed in under an hour without video equipment.

The EATQ-R measures the aspects of temperament that are associated with self-regulation. The EATQ-R was designed to be used for research purposes. Subscore(s): There are nine subscores: Activation control, Affiliation, Attention, Fear, Frustration, Inhibitory control, Shyness, Aggression, Depressive mood

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California’s Early Assessment Program (EAP) consists of three parts: college readiness testing in 11th grade, academic preparation in 12th grade, and teacher professional development. EAP’s standardized math and English assessments measure high school juniors’ readiness for college-level work at California State University (CSU) campuses. Based on these assessments, EAP classifies students into four levels: 1) standard not met, 2) standard nearly met, 3) standard met, and 4) standard exceeded. Students taking EAP assessments receive information about their college readiness. If they are deemed unprepared for college, they can enroll in remedial courses in 12th grade and participate in the Early Start preparation program in the summer before enrolling in CSU or participating community colleges. The EAP assessments are administered as part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) tests in the spring semester of 11th grade.

Year developed: 2004.

The Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM) is a classroom observation instrument that rates the nature and quality of academic instruction and the overall learning environment. The instrument is based on social-constructivist learning theory, such that in high-scoring classrooms teachers are identified as actively guiding and supporting children's learning efforts and the development of their social skills.

The Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM) is a classroom observation instrument that rates the nature and quality of academic instruction.

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Using the frameworks of cultural responsiveness and classroom management, the Early Childhood Ecology Scale (ECES) is developed to be an observation and reflective tool to examine teacher candidates' notions of classroom ecology. It includes five sub-domains to measure teacher's interaction with diverse students. These subdomains are sociocognitive, sociocultural, sociolinguistic, socioemotional, and sociophysical. Subscore(s): Diverse Teaching Practice; Positive ethnic-racial attitudes

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The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) is an assessment of classroom quality measuring environmental provisions and teacher-child interactions affecting the developmental needs of preschool- and kindergarten-aged children. The third edition of the assessment, ECERS-3, includes 35 items focusing on the following six domains: space and furnishings, personal care routines, language and literacy, learning activities, interaction, and program structure. ECERS may be used to evaluate inclusive and culturally diverse educational settings. 

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The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS‐R) measures global quality in center‐based early childhood programs. The ECERS‐R can be used as a tool “to see how well a program is meeting children’s needs – to see whether children receive the protection, learning opportunities, and positive relationships they need for successful development” (Cryer, Harms & Riley, 2003, p. x). It can be used by researchers, practitioners, program monitors and early childhood professionals providing technical assistance to programs. The ECERS‐R is a revision of the ECERS originally published in 1980, which “… retains the original scale’s broad definition of environment, including those spatial, programmatic, and interpersonal features that directly affect the children and adults in an early childhood setting” (Harms, Clifford, & Cryer, 1998, p. 1).

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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, 3rd ed. -- A thorough revision of the ECERS-R™, designed to assess group programs for preschool-kindergarten aged children, from 3 through 5 years of age.

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