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Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Socioscientific Issues (PASSI) Questionnaire
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Socioscientific Issues (PASSI) Questionnaire is a student survey designed to measure young people’s attitudes toward complex, real-world issues that connect science with social, ethical, and environmental considerations. The instrument examines how students think and…View InstrumentNext Generation Science Classroom (NGSC) Questionnaire
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Next Generation Science Classroom (NGSC) is a questionnaire that contains 35 items all scaled on a 5-point Likert scale. The items include understanding scientific explanations, generating scientific evidence, reflecting on scientific knowledge, and participating productively in science. View InstrumentLeisure Time in Science (LeTiS) Scale
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Leisure Time in Science (LeTiS) scale is an 8-item pictographic scale that measures attitude toward informal science. It assesses 5-6 year old perception using science-related pictures. This tool was developed as a way to measure science interest in children too young to be in formal science…View InstrumentiSTEM Protocol
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe iSTEM Protocol is a classroom observation tool designed to assess the quality of integrated STEM instruction. It focuses on how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are meaningfully connected during lessons, with particular attention to problem-solving, real-world relevance,…View InstrumentIdentity and Science Measure for Everyone (ISME) Questionnaire
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe ISME (Identity and Science Measure for Everyone) is a short questionnaire that asks about perceptions of self, perceptions and interest in science, and participation in science-related activities. It also covers majors/career aspirations, personal/family backgrounds, possible future selves, and…View InstrumentHigh School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) Scales
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe HSLS scales are used to measure students’ science attitudes, experiences, and aspirations over time. They include items on science interest, self-confidence, identity as a “science person,” and participation in science courses or activities. The goal is to track how students’ science skills and…View InstrumentIONIC (ICAP to Measure by Observation Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Science Practice Implementation in the Classroom)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe IONIC (ICAP to Measure by Observation Next Generation Science Standards Science Practice Implementation in the Classroom) Observation is a lesson rating protocol to observe the eight scientific methods of the next generation science standards in K-12 science classrooms. This instrument contains…View InstrumentEngineering-Infused Lesson Rubric
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Engineering-Infused Lesson Rubric is an instrument that assesses the integration of engineering into science. It contains 12 items divided into three sections (labeled A1-C3): curriculum materials, design-centered teacher practices, and engagement with engineering concepts. The first section…View InstrumentContinuing Motivation Survey
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Continuing Motivation Survey (CMS) is a survey that assesses students' engagement with science content outside of school. It is composed of 19 instruments, and studies students' motivation around science education outside of school and school-mandated education.The term "continuing motivation"…View InstrumentComputationally Intensive Science Career Interests (CISCI) Instrument
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Computationally Intensive Science Career Interests Instrument (CISCI) is an instument that explores middle school students' interests in disciplines and careers requiring both traditional scientific knowledge and computer science (CS)-related understanding and skills. It contains 5 constucts or…View InstrumentTeaching Matter Content Knowledge Assessment for Preservice Elementary Teachers
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Teaching Matter Content Knowledge Assessment for Preservice Elementary Teachers is designed to measure future elementary teachers’ understanding of matter and its interactions. It focuses on content knowledge for teaching (CKT)—a combination of subject matter knowledge and the ability to apply…View InstrumentBehaviors, Related Attitudes, and Intentions Toward Science (BRAINS) Survey
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Behaviors, Related Attitudes, and Intentions Toward Science (BRAINS) Survey is a student survey that measures how young people think about and engage with science. It was created to offer a clearer way to study students’ interest in science and their motivation to take part in scientific…View InstrumentComputationally Intensive Science Career Interests (CISCI) Instrument
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Computationally Intensive Science Career Interests Instrument (CISCI) is an instument that explores middle school students' interests in careers in the intensive sciences. It contains 5 constucts/ dimensions: CIS career value, CIS academic self-efficacy, CIS career self-efficacy, CIS career…View InstrumentScience Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI) can be used to measure science teachers‘self-efficacy and outcome expectancy across all levels of teaching. The STEBI-A is the version recommended for use with in-service teachers; the STEBI-B is the version recommended for use with pre…View InstrumentAssessing Teacher Learning About Science Teaching (ATLAST)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentAssessing Teacher Learning About Science Teaching (ATLAST) measures teacher knowledge in a specific content area. Assessments exist in the following content areas: Flow of Matter and Energy in Living Systems; Force and Motion; and Plate Tectonics. All questions are set in instructional contexts,…View InstrumentMaking Sense of Science (Electric Circuits Assessment)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentMaking Sense of Science (Electric Circuits Assessment) is a written test that measures teachers' pedagogical content knowledge regarding electric circuits. Test items are aligned to the National Science Education Standards Benchmarks, the Full Option Science System curriculum, and the Science and…View InstrumentDiagnostic Teacher Assessment of Mathematics and Science (DTAMS): Middle Science Teacher Assessments
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentDiagnostic Science Assessments for Middle School Teachers are written tests that measure mathematics knowledge in three content domains (Physical Science; Life Science; Earth/Space Science) and across four types of knowledge (Declarative Knowledge; Scientific Inquiry and Procedures; Schematic…View InstrumentDiagnostic Teacher Assessment in Mathematics and Science (DTAMS): Elementary Mathematics Teacher Assessments
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentDiagnostic Mathematics Assessments for Elementary School Teachers are written tests that measure mathematics knowledge in four content domains (Whole Number/Computation, Rational Number/Computation, Geometry/Measurement, Probability/Statistics/Algebra) and across four types of knowledge (Memorized…View InstrumentDiagnostic Teacher Assessment in Mathematics and Science (DTAMS): Middle Mathematics Teacher Assessments
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentDiagnostic Mathematics Assessments for Middle School Teachers are written tests that measure mathematics knowledge in four content domains (Number/Computation, Geometry/Measurement, Probability/Statistics, Algebraic Ideas) and across four types of knowledge (Memorized Knowledge; Conceptual…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.View InstrumentScience Discourse Instrument
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Science Discourse Instrument (SDI) is an observation tool and rubric used to evaluate the quality of discussions in science classrooms. There are six categories for observation in the SDI, which are considered essential to strong discourse in science classrooms, three of the categories focus on…View InstrumentThe Science Management Observation Protocol (SMOP)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentThe Science Management Observation Protocol (SMOP) is used to conduct structured observations of science classroom practice. SMOP identifies specific teacher behaviors and classroom characteristics which influence an inquiry-based classroom. Teachers and administrators can use the protocol to…View InstrumentTrends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) - Mathematics
Topics: Student LearningThe Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) math assessmentis an international standardized test that measures math reasoning and problem solving in algebra, geometry, data analysis, and probability.TIMSS is in the process of transitioning to a digitally-based assessment…View Instrument