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Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) is a screening instrument that measures developmental performance in young children aged 1 month-5.5 years. Early childhood educators and healthcare professionals use ASQ to collect information from parents on children‘s development in five domains:…Ages and Stages Questionnaire Social Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ®:SE-2)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use, short, has been used relatively widely in studies.
Cautions:Only goes to age 5; can be used by caregivers other than parent but not necessarily teachers. Seems best for screening at-risk children and not as a rich stand-alone outcome measure.
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ®:SE-2) is a caregiver- or teacher-completed checklist that screens young children’s social-emotional development. It asks simple, practical questions about skills such as self-regulation, communication, interaction with others…Arnett Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS) consists of 26 items usually divided into 4 subscales. Some researchers have conducted factor analyses on the 26 items and have found different subscales (e.g., Whitebook, Howes, & Phillips, 1989). Observers are asked to rate the extent to which 26 items…Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID) measures the development of infants and young children (aged 16 days-42 months). Conducted by trained examiners, BSID includes several developmental play tasks to assess cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, and adaptive behavior…Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition (BASC-3)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC), which is sold by Pearson, aims to measure adaptive behaviors, problem behaviors, and individual thoughts and feelings. It contains multiple evaluation forms: Teacher Rating Scales (TRS) and the Student Observation System (SOS) to be completed by a…Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use, teacher and parent formats, validated for lifespan use (ages 2 to 90).
Cautions:Possibly more useful for researchers than practitioners; includes more executive function (EF) items beyond self-regulation (impulse control and emotional control are self-regulation items, the rest are more EF).
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) is a questionnaire used to assess children’s everyday behaviors related to executive functioning—skills like starting tasks, staying organized, managing emotions, and completing work. While it focuses on “executive function,” the BRIEF is…Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe BRIEF was developed in 2000 and assesses a student's executive functioning in the home and school. It includes parent response forms and teacher response forms. Designed to assess the abilities of a broad range of children and adolescents, the BRIEF is useful when working with children who have…CDC Classroom Climate Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe 18-item Classroom Climate Scale measures three components of students' or teachers' perceptions of their classroom climate: student-student relationships, student-teacher relationships, and awareness/reporting. Respondents are asked to indicate the extent to which they agree or disagree with a…Child Caregiver Interaction Scale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Child Caregiver Interaction Scale (CCIS), Revised Edition is an observation-based instrument created by Dr. Barbara Carl, Ph.D that assesses caregiver-child interaction. The 14 items are based upon the Developmentally Appropriate Practice position statements of the National Association for the…Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Classroom Assessment Scoring System ™ (CLASS ™) is an observational instrument developed to assess instructional quality in PK-12 classrooms. It is a tool for analyzing the quality of teacher-student interactions in the classroom by capturing multiple dimensions of teaching that are linked to…Devereux Early Child Assessment (DECA) for Infants and Toddlers
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThis 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…Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe 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…Early Childhood
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Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingEarly 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. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the…Early Years Evaluation Direct Assessment (EYE-DA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingAn individual play-based assessment to measure a child’s developmental needs, and pre-literacy skills. 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…ECLS Social Rating Scale (Teacher version) – "Approaches to Learning" Subscale
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThese 6 items were used along with social skills and behavior items adapted from the Social Skills Rating Scale (SSRS) by Gresham and Elliot (1990) in the ECLS-K: 2010-2011.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…MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) is a parent-focused instrument measuring the communicative development of children aged 8-37 months. CDI allows professionals to screen and develop prognoses for language delays by tapping into parents‘ knowledge of their children‘s…Penn Interactive Preschool Play Scales
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingPlay Interaction is an indication of children’s play strengths and includes such behaviors as comforting and helping other children, showing creativity in play, and encouraging others to join play. Play Disruption describes aggressive, antisocial behaviors that interfere with on-going peer play…Playground Observation of Peer Engagement (POPE)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Playground Observation of Peer Engagement (POPE) is an observation-based instrument measuring children‘s engagement in activities and with peers in naturalistic environments. It focuses on the time children spend in various engagement states and the frequency of their social engagement states…Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales-Second Edition (PKBS-2)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use, can be completed by teachers or parents, only takes 12 minutes to administer, widely used and validated in the ECLS-B.
Cautions:Only available for use with children ages 3 through 6 years, so not a good choice for studies with older children or longitudinal studies that go past kindergarten.
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales–Second Edition (PKBS-2) is a behavior rating scale designed to assess young children’s social skills and problem behaviors. It provides a balanced view of both positive and challenging behaviors, making it useful for understanding children’s overall…Preschool Self-Regulation Assessment (PSRA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use, covers the relevant age range.
Cautions:Needs to be completed by an observer, not the teacher, so best included in the context of a larger set of direct assessments as a post-assessment rating.
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Preschool Self-Regulation Assessment (PSRA) is a direct assessment designed to measure young children’s ability to manage their emotions, attention, and behavior in structured settings. It uses a short series of hands-on tasks and assessor observations to capture different aspects of self…Preschool Self‐Regulation Assessment (PSRA)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingSeveral observational tasks that show good value as denoting children’s ability to regulate emotions have been identified by Kochanska and colleagues. Radiah Smith‐Donald and Cybele Raver are now piloting a very clear, detailed use of such tasks, with specific measurement of the child’s…Rothbart Temperament Scales – Infant, Early Childhood, Child
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThree higher‐order temperament factors pertinent to the assessment of emotional expressiveness and regulation have been isolated: (a) negative affectivity, (b) surgency; and (c) effortful control (Rothbart et al, 1994). Taken together, they comprise a child's constitutional, individual pattern of…Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE-30)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation - 30 (SCBE-30) is a short version of an 80 item Likert measure for parents and teachers to assess social-emotional competence, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors in preschool children. It was formerly sold by WPS Publishing but…Social Skills Improvement System, Social-Emotional Learning Edition (SSIS SEL)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to administer, can be used for children ages 3-18, can be completed by teachers or parents.
Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Social Skills Improvement System-Social Emotional Learning Edition (SSIS SEL) is sold through Pearson and measures a variety of social and emotional competencies using both norm and criterion referencing. There are both digital and paper versions which can be completed by students, parents, or…Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use, can be completed by parents or teachers, validated for ages 2 to 17.
Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a widely used checklist that includes questions about conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. The checklist style rating form is easy to complete with only about 5 items per subscale, and…Teacher Child Rating Scale (T-CRS)
Expert NotesStrengths:Teacher report, validated on a nationally representative sample for use with preschool through 3rd grade. Easy-to-use checklist.
Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Teacher–Child Rating Scale (T-CRS) is a brief, teacher-completed checklist that assesses children’s social-emotional and behavioral adjustment in school. It focuses on skills that support learning and positive classroom participation, such as attention, behavior regulation, and peer social…Teacher Observation of Child Adaptation- Revised (TOCA-R)
Expert NotesStrengths:Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingTeachers were asked to complete one for each student in their class as a way to identify high-risk children. Teachers were asked to describe, among other things, whether the child completed assignments, was friendly, broke rules, was disobedient, fought, or yelled at others. Teachers used a Likert…Teacher Observation of Classroom Adaptation-Checklist (TOCA-C)
Expert NotesStrengths:Easy to use, teacher measure, validated for use with children from preschool through elementary school (K-5th).
Cautions:Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Teacher Observation of Classroom Adaptation–Checklist (TOCA-C) is a teacher-completed checklist used to assess students’ classroom behavior and social functioning. It is a streamlined version of the original Teacher Observation of Classroom Adaptation (TOCA) instrument developed by Kellam et al…