Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Self-reported survey designed to assess denial of the existence of racism and racial dynamics. Higher scores on each of the CoBRAS factors and the total score are suggested to be related to greater: (a) global belief in a just world; (b) sociopolitical dimensions of a belief in a just world, (c) racial and gender intolerance, and (d) racial prejudice.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Racial Identity ; Self Awareness ; Social Awareness ; Stereotype threat susceptibility ; Unawareness of racial privilege ; Unawareness of institutional discrimination ; Unawareness of racial Issues
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
20 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Neville, H. A., Lilly, R. L., Duran, G., Lee, R. M., & Browne, L. (2000). Construction and initial validation of the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47(1), 59 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.47.1.59
