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Child Engagement Questionnaire (CEQ)
Topics: Families and CommunitiesThe Child Engagement Questionnaire (CEQ) measures the engagement of young children. Adults who know the child well complete the questionnaire. CEQ has 32 items on a four-point scale (1 not at all typical, 2 somewhat typical, 3 typical, 4 very typical). CEQ focuses on four domains: competence,…View InstrumentTeacher Observation of Child Adaptation- Revised (TOCA-R)
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…View InstrumentChallenging Situations Task (CST)
Topics: Families and CommunitiesThe Challenging Situations Task (CST) is designed to assess a child's affective and behavioral responses when presented with hypothetical peer situations. The design of this instrument consists of the presentation of pictures of a particular situations, accompanied by verbal descriptions. Children…View InstrumentK-TEEM
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentK-TEEM is a web-based assessment designed to measure early elementary teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching. 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…View InstrumentAttributions of Mathematical Excellence Scale (AMES)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Attributions of Mathematical Excellence Scale (AMES) is designed to assess elementary teachers' beliefs about why students excel or struggle in mathematics. Its focus lies specifically on teachers' systems of racialized and gendered attribution beliefs. AMES consists of four subscales, each…View InstrumentYoung Children‘s Perception of School Climate Questionnaire
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Young Children's Perception of School Climate Questionnaire was adapted from Habib, Anson, Cook, Clifford, and Antonio's (1993) School Climate Questionnaire which was originally designed for use in a study of middle school-aged children in Prince George County, Maryland. The resulting…View InstrumentEarly Language and Literacy Classroom Observation Toolkit (ELLCO)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Early Language & Literacy Classroom Observation Toolkit (ELLCO) is a classroom observation measure that assesses the quality of the classroom environment and teacher practices across five key elements: classroom structure, curriculum, the language environment, books and book reading…View InstrumentEarly Years Evaluation Direct Assessment (EYE-DA)
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…View InstrumentMacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI)
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…View InstrumentClassroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)
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…View InstrumentBayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID)
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…View InstrumentVineland Adaptive Behavior Scales Third Edition (Vineland-3)
Topics: Student Well-BeingVineland Adaptive Behavior Scales Third Edition (Vineland-3) is an instrument for diagnosing intellectual and developmental disabilities and planning treatment. Vineland-3 focuses on the following domains of adaptive behavior: 1) communication, 2) daily living skills, and 3) socialization. Vineland…View InstrumentSocial Skills Improvement System, Social-Emotional Learning Edition (SSIS SEL)
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…View InstrumentPreschool Learning Behaviors Scale (PLBS)
Topics: Student LearningTeachers rate children’s approaches to learning using the PLBS (PLBS; McDermott, Leigh, & Perry, 2002). In general, content focuses on attentiveness, responses to novelty and correction, observed problem‐solving strategy, flexibility, reflectivity, initiative, self‐direction, and cooperative…View InstrumentBehavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)
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…View InstrumentThe Scale for Teachers' Assessment of Routines Engagement (STARE)
Topics: Student Well-BeingThe Scale for Teachers‘ Assessment of Routines Engagement (STARE) documents teachers‘ perspectives of a child‘s engagement in classroom activities. Suitable for both typically developing children and children with disabilities, STARE focuses on how much time the child was engaged with adults, peers…View InstrumentRothbart Temperament Scales – Infant, Early Childhood, Child
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…View InstrumentPreschool Program Quality Assessment, 2nd edition (PQA)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe current revision of the PQA includes two notable differences from earlier versions: 1) the number of content areas has increased from four to seven, and 2) the scoring system has been revised to adequately measure the full range of quality along each quality construct. As described by the…View InstrumentIndicators of Individual Growth and Development for Infants and Toddlers (IGDI)
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…View InstrumentTest of Early Reading Ability-Fourth Edition (TERA-4)
Topics: Student LearningThe TERA-4 is an individually administered assessment of early reading mastery.View InstrumentPeabody Picture Vocabulary Test | Fifth Edition (PPVT-5)
Topics: Student LearningThe PPVT-5 is an individually administered measure of receptive vocabulary based on words in Standard American English sold by Pearson.View InstrumentPhonological and Print Awareness Scale (PPA Scale)
Topics: Student LearningThe PPA scale is an individually administered assessment of phonological and print awareness. The examiner reads items from an easel stimulus book, and the examinee provides nonverbal responses.View InstrumentISIP Math
Topics: Student LearningISIP Math is a computer-adaptive test of foundational math skills designed for progress monitoring.View InstrumentSocial Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE-30)
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…View InstrumentPenn Interactive Preschool Play Scales
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…View InstrumentEarly Childhood Ecology Scale
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentUsing 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…View InstrumentClassroom Practices Inventory (CPI)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Classroom Practices Inventory is a classroom observation measure for early childhood classrooms. It is designed to assess the developmental appropriateness of classroom and curricular practices, teachers actions, children's activities, and teacher-child interactions. Note: The overview provided…View InstrumentPlayground Observation of Peer Engagement (POPE)
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…View InstrumentMaslach Burnout Inventory: Educators Survey (MBI-ES)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Maslach Burnout Inventory: Educators Survey (MBI-ES) is a version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory measuring professional burnout among educators (teachers, staff, and volunteers). It contains 22 items examining emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment on a 7-point…View InstrumentDevereux Early Child Assessment (DECA) for Infants and Toddlers
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…View Instrument