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CIRP Freshman Survey (TFS)
Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) developed the Freshman Survey for collecting data on incoming college freshmen. The CIRP Freshman Survey focuses on the following domains: established behaviors in high school, academic preparedness, admissions decisions, expectations of college,…View InstrumentTool for Assessing Culturally Responsive Schooling in Indigenous-serving Schools
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Tool for Assessing Culturally Responsive Schooling in Indigenous-serving Schools is designed to assess the alignment of culturally responsive schooling principles within schools serving predominantly U.S. Indigenous students. Schools that serve a majority of Indigenous students are generally…View InstrumentInquiry Science Instruction Observation Protocol (ISIOP)
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. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that…View InstrumentInstructional Quality Assessment (IQA)
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…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 InstrumentAssessment of Practices in Early Elementary Classrooms (APEEC)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThe APEEC was developed to provide a useful tool for both practitioners and researchers who want to understand Elementary school practices (K‐3) in general education classrooms serving children with and without disabilities. The APEEC does not measure specific curriculum content or in‐depth teacher…View InstrumentGeometry Assessments for Secondary Teachers (GAST) Classroom Observation Tool
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Geometry Assessments for Secondary Teachers (GAST) Classroom Observation Tool classifies the teaching moves and instructional tasks of teachers according to cognitive demand. It is designed for use specifically within math lessons focused on similarity, congruence, surface area, and volume. It…View InstrumentRecognizing Effective Special Education Teachers (RESET)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesRESET is a special education teacher observation system that includes observation protocols aligned with evidence-based instructional practices for students with high-incidence disabilities. Subscore(s): Explicit instruction Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content…View InstrumentCulturally Ambitious Teaching Practices in Mathematics (CATP)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Culturally responsive schooling, Instructional practices, Learning environments, Mathematics educationCulturally Ambitious Teaching Practices in Mathematics (CATP) measures practices that support the development of a culturally relevant classroom environment. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s…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 InstrumentTechnological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThe Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) instrument is a self-efficacy survey that seeks to monitor and assess teachers' development of TPACK and seven interrelated knowledge domains. The measure is primarily aimed towards pre-service secondary mathematics teachers and can be used to…View InstrumentMathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI) is a Common Core-aligned observational rubric that provides a framework for analyzing mathematics instruction. Observers rate instruction across five domains: common core-aligned student practices; working with students and mathematics; richness of…View InstrumentCulturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP) is a comprehensive framework and evaluation tool that operationalizes culturally responsive instruction. Indicators of culturally responsive instruction are rated on a scale of 0 (never) to 4 (consistently); and each indicator…View InstrumentFramework for Teaching (FfT)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentFramework for Teaching is a classroom observation instrument that can be used for measuring and evaluating the instructional quality of all teachers (from pre-service to experienced) across K-12. The measure can be flexibly used by classroom teachers for professional learning, school leaders for…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 InstrumentStaff Rating of Youth Behavior (SRYB)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesYouth Program Quality Assessment (SEL PQA), as well as youth SEL behavior measure based on staff observation, the Staff Rating of Youth Behavior (SRYB). Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website …View InstrumentChildren's Self-Efficacy for Peer Interaction Scale
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThis 22-item questionnaire is designed to assess children's perceptions of their ability to enact prosocial verbal persuasive skills in specific peer situations. 12 scale items describeconflict situations, and 10 items describenon-conflict situations. Students are asked to respond to each situation…View InstrumentYouth Outcome Measures Online Toolbox
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThe Afterschool Outcome Measures Online Toolbox provides afterschool and summer programs with a means to measure program quality and student outcomes using scales that have well-established reliability and validity. The Online Toolbox includes students' reports of the quality of their experiences…View InstrumentProtocol for Language Arts Teaching Observation (PLATO)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations (PLATO) is a classroom observation protocol designed to evaluate thirteen elements of English Language Arts (ELA) instruction. It was originally developed for a study of the relationship between teachers' classroom practices and their impact on…View InstrumentSEL in the Classroom Self-Assessment
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentIt is important that teachers, rather than counselors or support staff, take the lead on delivering explicit SEL instruction. This approach allows teachers to form strong relationships with their students and integrate SEL concepts throughout all instruction so students can practice and apply SEL…View InstrumentEarly Childhood
Classroom Observation
Measure (ECCOM)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM) is a classroom observation instrument that rates the nature and quality of academic instruction. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website…View InstrumentSurvey of Teacher Practice (STeP)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesSTeP is a tool that allows instructors to be evaluated by their students across a set of categories identified as critical for effective classroom instruction. Two optional open-ended questions are also included at the end allowing students to provide additional input that may not be fully captured…View InstrumentK-12 Staff Equity and Inclusion Survey
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesCore constructs include: culture practices inclusion, culture embraces individuals, structures, policies and leaership, and people and relationships. Core sections include: agency, expressing oneself, and leadership inclusion, supervisor questions, minority status, embracing diverse identities,…View InstrumentSelf-Assessing Social and Emotional Instruction and Competencies
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThis self-assessment tool is designed to help educators (teachers, school staff, and out-of-school time professionals) reflect upon (a) their own social and emotional competencies (SEC) and (b) their capacities to implement current practices that influence student SEL or the conditions they create…View InstrumentMatthews & Lopez 2019
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentSubscales within the article are: Critical Awareness, Heritage Language Expectations, Cultural Content Integration. The authors reported that honoring students’ heritage language (i.e., Spanish) is the mediating element through which cultural content integration predicts mathematics achievement for…View InstrumentTeacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) measures teachers' evaluations of how likely they are to be successful in teaching. TSES conceptualizes teaching as a complex activity and teacher efficacy as a multi-faceted construct representing at least three distinct factors: Efficacy for Classroom…View InstrumentMulticultural Teaching Observation Instrument (MTOI)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Teacher Support category measures a teachers' support of students as individuals and their culture. The Classroom equity category measures whether teachers are fair or equitable toward all students and the extent to which teachers try to reduce prejudice in the classroom. The integration of…View InstrumentThe School-Wide Cultural Competence Observation Checklist
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Instructional practicesThis tool can be used to conduct culture audits as a means of assessing school-wide cultural competence, as well as how school's programs, policies, and practices reflect the perspectives and experiences of diverse groups. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may…View InstrumentCulturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale (CRTSE)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale (CRTSE) is a survey that assesses teachers‘ beliefs that engaging in culturally responsive teaching practices will have positive classroom and student outcomes. The scale is based on Bandura's (1977) research on outcome expectancies (a person's…View InstrumentSummer Learning Program Quality Assessment
Tags: Instructional practicesThe Summer Learning Program Quality Intervention (SLPQI) is a comprehensive system for improving program quality, built around the Summer Learning Program Quality Assessment (PQA). The SLPQI Box Set provides everything you need to assess the quality of your summer program(s), identify staff…View Instrument