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Children's Sadness Management Scale (CSMS)
The Children's Sadness Management Scale (CSMS) is designed to understand how children manage sadness.
Children's Self-Efficacy for Peer Interaction Scale
The Children’s Self-Efficacy for Peer Interaction Scale measures youths’ perceptions of their ability to successfully interact with their peers.
Children's Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES)
The Children's Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES) provides information about children's perceptions of the social and academic tasks that are difficult for them.
Children's Worry Management Scales (CWMS)
The Children's Worry Management Scale (CWMS) is designed to understand how children manage anxiety and worry.
Class Conduct Questionnaire (CCQ)
The Class Conduct Questionnaire (CCQ) uses self-report to measure social skills among high school-aged youth.
Clifton StrengthsFinder
The Clifton StrengthsFinder is a strengths-based measure of individual emotional, cognitive, and social skills and talents.
Clifton Youth Strengths Explorer (CYSE)
The Clifton Youth Strengths Explorer (CYSE) is a strengths-based measure of individual emotional, cognitive, and social skills and talents.
College and Work Readiness Assessment Plus (CWRA+)
The College and Work Readiness Assessment Plus (CWRA+) measures critical thinking and written communication skills.
Communities That Care Youth Survey (CTC)
The Communities That Care Youth Survey (CTC) assesses risk factors and protective factors that research suggests are critical to understanding and preventing substance abuse.
Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (School Form) (CSEI-SC)
The CSEI-SC measures self-concept, and it can be used for individual diagnosis, classroom screening, or pre-post evaluation.
Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (School Form)-Short Form (CSEI-SC Short Form)
The CSEI-SC measures self-concept, and can be used for individual diagnosis, classroom screening, or pre-post evaluation.
Core Districts Social Emotional Learning Survey
The Core Districts Social Emotional Learning Survey measures four social-emotional competencies: growth mindset, self-efficacy, self-management, and social awareness. They were designed to be a central component of the CORE districts' school quality improvement system.
Cornell Critical Thinking Test (Level X) (CCTT)
The Cornell Critical Thinking Test (CCTT) Level X measures critical thinking abilities.
Cornell Critical Thinking Test (Level Z) (CCTT)
The Cornell Critical Thinking Test (CCTT) Level Z measures critical thinking abilities.
Creative Self-efficacy Scale
The Creative Self-efficacy Scale measures individual students’ perceptions about their ability to generate creative, novel, and useful ideas, with items based on constructs elaborated by Bandura (1997).
Creativity Assessment Packet (Test of Divergent Thinking) (CAP)
The Creativity Assessment Packet (CAP) is a bundle of three assessments (Test of Divergent Thinking, Test of Divergent Feeling, and The Williams Scale) designed to measure cognitive competencies.
Creativity Assessment Packet (The Williams Scale) (CAP)
The Creativity Assessment Packet (CAP) is a bundle of three assessments (Test of Divergent Thinking, Test of Divergent Feeling, and The Williams Scale) designed to measure cognitive competencies.
Creativity Creativity Assessment Packet (Test of Divergent Feeling) (CAP)
The Creativity Assessment Packet (CAP) is a bundle of three assessments (Test of Divergent Thinking, Test of Divergent Feeling, and The Williams Scale) designed to measure cognitive competencies.
Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S)
The Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S) assesses students' social-emotional competencies that are aligned with the CASEL framework. It was designed to be used by schools to monitor programs that develop social-emotional competencies.
Developmental Assets Profile (DAP)
The DAP assesses young people's strengths, supports, and other noncognitive factors critical for success in life. The DAP can be used to plan positive youth development programs or to identify areas in need of strengthening.
Devereux Student Strengths Asessment-Mini (DESSA-mini)
DESSA-mini is a brief version of the DESSA intended to serve as a universal screener of social and emotional competencies.
Devereux Student Strengths Assessment (DESSA)
DESSA assesses eight social and emotional competencies and is intended to help educators plan instruction, document students’ strengths and areas of need, inform progress monitoring, and evaluate program outcomes.
Digital Online Media Literacy Assessment (DOMLA)
The intent of the Digital Online Media Literacy Assessment (DOMLA) is to collect quantitative data that will aid in identifying digital online media literacy levels of university students.
Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire Parent-Report (Revision) (EATQ-R)
The EATQ-R measures the aspects of temperament that are associated with self-regulation. The EATQ-R was designed to be used for research purposes.
Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire Self-Report (Revision) (EATQ-R)
The EATQ-R measures the aspects of temperament that are associated with self-regulation. The EATQ-R was designed to be used for research purposes.
Early Development Instrument (EDI)
The Early Development Instrument (EDI) is a measure of children’s developmental health at school entry.
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills Grades 3-5
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills 3-5 assesses elementary school children's critical thinking skills.
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills Grades 6-8
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills Grades 6-8 assesses middle schoolers' critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills.
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills Grades 9-12
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills Grades 9-12 measures high schoolers' critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills.
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills Grades K-2
EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills Grades K-2 assesses elementary school children's critical thinking skills, including the ability to solve problems and make decisions.
EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 3-5
EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 3-5 appraises the extent to which elementary school students are cognitively engaged and mentally motivated toward intellectual activities.
EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 6-12
EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades 6-12 appraises the extent to which middle school and high school-aged youth are cognitively engaged and mentally motivated toward intellectual activities.
EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades K-2
EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset Grades K-2 appraises the extent to which early elementary school students are cognitively engaged and mentally motivated toward intellectual activities.
Elementary Social Behavior Assessment (ESBA)
The ESBA is a 12-item teacher report scale designed to measure positive social skills that can be used for screening in elementary classrooms.
Emotion Expression Scale for Children (EESC)
The Emotion Expression Scale for Children (EESC) measures emotional awareness and the expression of negative emotions.
Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC)
The Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) measures children's emotional regulation.
Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA)
The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA) is a self-report measure of emotion regulation suitable for use with adolescents.
EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being (EPOCH)
The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being (EPOCH) measures characteristics that might foster well-being and physical health in adulthood.
Expectancy-Value-Cost Scale (EVC)
The Expectancy-Value-Cost Scale (EVC) is a 10-item self-report survey designed to measure student motivation in math and science classrooms. It can be used by researchers to study motivation or the effectiveness of classroom interventions or by teachers to tailor classroom instruction.
Florida KEY of Learner Self-Concept
The Florida KEY measures learners' self-concept. It can be used by teachers to understand student attitudes about school success.
Free Time Motivation Scale for Adolescents (FTMSA)
The Free Time Motivation Scale for Adolescents (FTMSA) can be used to understand the choices adolescents make about how they spend their free time.
Friendship and Social Skills Test (FASST)
The Friendship and Social Skills Test (FASST) is a parent-report measure of child peer relationships and social skills that can assist teachers and clinicians in referring children to social skills interventions.
Friendship Quality Questionnaire (FQQ)
The Friendship Quality Questionnaire (FQQ) measures the quality of a child's best friendship.
Global Empathy Scale (GES)
The Global Empathy Scale (GES) measures awareness of political and social rights around the globe, and emotional connectedness to others around the world. The GES was adapted from the scale of ethnocultural empathy (Wang et al., 2003).
Graduation Performance System (GPS)
The Graduation Performance System (GPS) is a multidisciplinary, portfolio-based system that includes assessment components, professional development and curricular resources. It is designed to help teachers integrate global knowledge and skills into their instruction.
Grit Scale
The Grit Scale measures the extent to which individuals are able to maintain focus and interest, and persevere in obtaining long-term goals.
Grit Scale (Short)
The Grit Scale (short) measures the extent to which individuals are able to maintain focus and interest, and persevere in obtaining long-term goals.
High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE)
The High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) measures students perceptions about their school work, the learning environment, and the school community. The HSSSE can help school staff to plan and implement interventions designed to promote school engagement.
Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)
The Holistic Student Assessment (HSA) uses student-self reports to measure and promote social and emotional development in young people. It can be used in both in-school and afterschool settings to provide educators, administrators, and other education professionals with information about students' strengths and challenges.
Home and Community Social Behavior Scale (HCSBS)
The Home and Community Social Behavior Scale (HCSBS) is a screening instrument that can be used to evaluate students' social and emotional behaviors and to identify children with challenges.