Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
In this measure, FAS is used to assess children’s: Perceptions of Their Competence in Math and Literacy ‐‐ These items reflect the way a child feels about their abilities with numbers, letters, and reading (i.e., “how good they are with”, “how much they know about”, and “how good they are at learning something new”). Feelings About Their Teachers ‐‐ These items reflect how a child perceives their teacher to feel about them and how they feel about their teacher (i.e., doesn’t like at all to likes a lot). General Attitudes about School ‐‐ These items reflect (i.e., “how they feel about going to school,” “how fun the things they do in school are,” “how they feel when they are in school.”
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Keywords
Self-Awareness ; Attachment to School and Teacher ;
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
N/A
Access and Use
Developer
T. Valeski & D. Stipek
Setting
Classroom,
Schoolwide
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Valeski, T. & Stipek, D. (2001). Young children’s feelings about school. Child Development, 72, 1198‐1213.
