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Hello Insight: Youth Leadership and Action
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingHello Insight provides a suite of social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment tools designed to measure and enhance youth development in various contexts. These instruments collect real-time, research-based data to help educators, program leaders, and researchers understand how young people develop…High-Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities Self Assessment Tools
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThis resource will help preservice and in-service teachers reflect on and assess how well they are implementing high-leverage practices (HLPs) for students with disabilities. In the tool, teachers and teacher candidates can self-assess on all 22 HLPs or target only specific HLPs. The content for…High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) Scales
Expert NotesStrengths:Captures a wide range of science experiences and attitudes over time.
Useful for understanding how science identity, interest, and achievement interact.
Cautions:Based on self-reports, so results may be affected by social desirability bias—students answering in ways they think are favorable rather than fully accurate.
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe HSLS scales are used to measure students’ science attitudes, experiences, and aspirations over time. They include items on science interest, self-confidence, identity as a “science person,” and participation in science courses or activities. The goal is to track how students’ science skills and…High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe High School Survey of Student Engagement, a self-report measure, is built on a three-pronged framework of student engagement in their learning environment. The 121 items in this the survey consists of both open response and selected response questions. Subscore(s): Cognitive/intellectual…HMH Math Inventory
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningTags: Mathematics educationThe HMH Math Inventory is an assessment that can be used for universal screening and growth monitoring. The adaptive, computer-based test can be taken three to five times per year. The HMH Math Inventory was developed with guidance from the National Math Panel, the National Council of Teachers of…HMH Reading Inventory
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe HMH Reading Inventory, an adaptive test of reading comprehension developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), consists of two subtests: the Foundational Reading Assessment and the Reading Comprehension Assessment.Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThis survey is meant to provide a social-emotional portrait of a young person. The data can be reported at an individual, classroom, school, and district level. The survey measures student perceptions of strengths and struggles in order to show where more support is needed. Subscore(s):…Home and Community Social Behavior Scales
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingCatching “red flag” behaviors early is an essential part of helping children and adolescents before social-emotional difficulties become major roadblocks to success in school and in life. These two easy, reliable screening tools give K–12 education professionals a comprehensive look at a child’s…Homework Management Scale (HMS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe Homework Management Scale (HMS) measures self-regulation and students' abilities to manage homework completion. Subscore(s): Five subscale scores are reported: Arranging the environment, Managing time, Handling distraction, Monitoring motivation, Controlling emotion Note: The overview…How I Feel About Myself and School Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe How I Feel About Myself and School Questionnaire is a measure of youth wellbeing in the school context. 30‐item self‐report measure of emotion for 8‐ to 12‐year‐old children—the How I Feel (HIF). Item generation and selection occurred via 2 pilot administrations (ns = 250 and 378,…Identification with School Questionnaire (ISQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Identification with School Questionnaire includes 16 Likert-scale items assessing students' identification with or disidentification from school. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website (or…Identity and Science Measure for Everyone (ISME) Questionnaire
Expert NotesStrengths:Developed from a social practice theory perspective of identity development
Cautions:Does not include “recognition”—whether and to what extent youth's identity work is recognized, legitimized, and validated by others
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe ISME (Identity and Science Measure for Everyone) is a short questionnaire that asks about perceptions of self, perceptions and interest in science, and participation in science-related activities. It also covers majors/career aspirations, personal/family backgrounds, possible future selves, and…Implicit Person Theory Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe Implicit Person Theory Scale is an 8-item measure of the extent to which an individual believes they can change. Items within the measure are answered on a six-point Likert scale. Subscore(s): Implicit person theory Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have…Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale for Children (ITIS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale for Children (ITIS) measures growth mindset and the extent to which a child believes that her or his intelligence can be improved. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's…Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale (IOS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingSocial psychologist Arthur Aron and colleagues (1992) developed the single-item Inclusion of Other in the Self (IOS) scale to measure how close the respondent feels with another person or group. The IOS has been given to respondents as young as five years old (Cameron, 2006), as well as to teens…Indicators of Individual Growth and Development for Infants and Toddlers (IGDI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingIndicators of Individual Growth and Development for Infants and Toddlers (IGDI) measure development outcomes for children between 6 and 42 months. IGDI assessments are evaluations of 6-minute play sessions with the child and require the use of a set of toys in addition to administration materials…Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS) measures the environmental quality of childcare programs for children up to 30 months old. The instrument was originally developed in 1990 and is now offered in a revised version (Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised, ITERS-R). The 39…Inheritance and Variation Concepts Assessment (Ibourk et al., 2018)
Expert NotesStrengths:Combines multiple-choice and constructed-response items aligned to core ideas (inheritance and variation), allowing it to capture both factual knowledge and students’ ability to explain and connect concepts.
Cautions:Rubric-based scoring may lead to variability in scoring unless raters are carefully trained and calibrated.
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment is a paper-and-pencil instrument designed to measure upper elementary students’ understanding of inheritance of traits and variation of traits. The instrument includes a combination of multiple-choice and constructed-response items that target key genetics concepts aligned with…Inheritance Modeling Task Assessment (Cisterna et al., 2019)
Expert NotesStrengths:Elicits students’ understanding through model-based tasks, requiring them to create and explain visual representations of scientific processes, which helps reveal how students organize ideas about structure, function, and inheritance
Cautions:Students’ performance on the assessment depends heavily on their ability to construct and interpret models, so difficulties with drawing, labeling, or representing ideas may obscure their actual conceptual understanding of inheritance.
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment consists of student-generated modeling tasks designed to measure elementary students’ understanding of inheritance through visual and explanatory representations. Students are asked to create, use, and revise models that show how traits are passed from parent organisms to offspring…Inquiry Science Instruction Observation Protocol (ISIOP)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags:The 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.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.Insights (SELWeb)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingSELweb is an online, performance-based social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment system designed to measure social thinking skills and peer relationships. Subscore(s): Emotion Recognition, Social Perspective-Taking, Social Problem-Solving, Self Control Note: The overview provided for this…Instructional Climate Survey - Student (ICI-S)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Instructional Climate Survey-Student version (ICS-S) is a 20-item measure of students' perceptions of school climate created in 1988 in response to an increased focus on school climate as a causative factor in students dropping out of school. Each item is answered on a five-point Likert scale…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…Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA)
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:Tags:The 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…Integrated STEM Concepts Assessment (Dyehouse et al., 2011)
Expert NotesStrengths:Designed as developmentally appropriate, scalable student knowledge tests that can be administered across large numbers of elementary classrooms.
Cautions:Relies heavily on multiple-choice and short-response formats, which may not fully capture students’ deeper understanding of engineering design processes or their ability to apply concepts in authentic problem-solving contexts.
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment consists of grade-level student knowledge tests designed to measure elementary students’ understanding of engineering design, science, and technology concepts. Separate versions of the test are developed for different grade levels, with each version containing a set of items aligned…Intellectual Achievement Responsibility (IAR)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student LearningThe IAR assesses the extent to which children believe that they are responsible for academic and intellectual successes and failures, rather than other people. Subscore(s): Positive event and negative event subscores are reported. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content…Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe IDI examines how one engages cultural difference through reflection of past and current situations and experiences. An individual’s IDI profile report provides a perceived orientation score (how one sees themselves when interacting) and a developmental orientation score (how one actually…