Measurement Library

Measurement Library

The Measurement Library is a collection of measurement tools to assess children’s learning and holistic development and service provider quality in crisis contexts. The tools are meant to help education practitioners generate high-quality data to inform program planning and review.

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Assessment

Rugged Resilience Measure (RRM)

Published by
Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University

The Rugged Resilience Measure (RRM) is a brief measure of psychological or ‘internal’ resilience. It draws on qualities associated with how likely youth can cope with adversity and significant stressors.

English
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Teachers’ Observations of Learners’ Social and Emotional Learning (TOOLSEL)

Published by
NYU Global TIES for Children

The Teachers’ Observations of Learners’ Social and Emotional Learning questionnaire was developed in an attempt to assess a set of social, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive competencies among primary school-age children in fragile, conflict-affected settings. 

Arabic
English
Assessment

Caregiver-Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) Long Form - China

Published by
Harvard Graduate School of Education

The Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) was designed to serve as a population-level measure of early childhood development (ECD) for children from birth to age three. The 117-item Long Form used in China gathers information on the development of five inter-related domains: motor, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and mental health.

Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Assessment

Caregiver-Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) Short Form - Brazil

Published by
Harvard Graduate School of Education

The Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) was designed to serve as a population-level measure of early childhood development (ECD) for children from birth to age three. The Short Form used in Brazil gathers information on the development of five inter-related domains: motor, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and mental health, and takes less than 5 minutes per respondent.

English
Portuguese
Assessment

Educator Assessment of Learners’ Soft Skills Ability (EALSA)

Published by
Education Development Center (EDC)

The Educator Assessment of Learners’ Soft Skills Ability (EALSA) tool is a formative assessment that measures communication, interpersonal skills, dependability, and problem solving/critical thinking to improve outcomes around soft skills for both in-school and out-of-school youth.

English
Assessment

Self-Regulation Assessment-Assessor Report (SRA-AR) - Niger

Published by
NYU Global TIES for Children

The Self-Regulation Assessment-Assessor Report (SRA-AR) is a measurement tool used to capture assessors’ perceptions of Nigerian refugee and Nigerien children’s skills at regulating their behavior during an assessment. The developers tested this measurement tool in Niger.

English
French
Assessment

Response to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ) - Niger

Published by
NYU Global TIES for Children

The Response to Stress Questionnaire was developed in an attempt to capture the ways that local refugee students in Niger react to and cope with specific sources of stress, including parental depression, family conflict, and academic stressors.

English
French
Assessment

Emergency Developmental Assets Profile (EmDAP)

Published by
Search Institute

The Emergency Developmental Assets Profile (EmDAP) measures the well-being of children and youth in emergency settings such as refugee camps and armed conflict zones, assessing whether young people are experiencing adequate positive relationships and opportunities, and developing positive values, skills, and self-perceptions, despite being in crisis circumstances.

Arabic
English
Tagalog
Assessment

Caregiver-Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) Long Form - India

Published by
Harvard Graduate School of Education

The Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument (CREDI) was designed to serve as a population-level measure of early childhood development (ECD) for children from birth to age three. The 117-item Long Form used in India gathers information on the development of five inter-related domains: motor, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and mental health.

English
Hindi
Assessment

Holistic Assessment for Learning (HAL) - Syria

Published by
NYU Global TIES for Children
Save the Children
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

The Holistic Assessment for Learning is a tool for measuring early grade learners' literacy, numeracy, and social and emotional skills.

Arabic
English
Assessment

Response to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ) - Lebanon

Published by
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
NYU Global TIES for Children

The Response to Stress Questionnaire was developed in an attempt to capture the ways that refugee students in Lebanon react to and cope with specific sources of stress, including parental depression, family conflict, and academic stressors.

Arabic
English
Assessment

Self-Regulation Assessment-Assessor Report (SRA-AR) - Lebanon

Published by
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
NYU Global TIES for Children

The Self-Regulation Assessment-Assessor Report (SRA-AR) is a measurement tool used to capture assessors’ perceptions of children’s skills at regulating their behavior during an assessment. The developers tested this measurement tool in Lebanon.

Arabic
English
Assessment

Child-Friendly School Questionnaire for Syrian Children in Lebanon (CFSQ-SL)

Published by
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
NYU Global TIES for Children

The Child-Friendly School Questionnaire for Syrian Children in Lebanon (CFSQ-SL) is a self-report survey that was used to capture primary-school aged Syrian refugee students’ perceptions of the climate of Lebanese public schools. CFSQ-SL was adapted and shortened from the original CFSQ developed by UNICEF.

Arabic
English
Assessment

Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Disorders - Child, 18-item version (SCARED-18Sy) - Lebanon

Published by
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Médecins du Monde (MdM)

The Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Disorders - Child, 18-item version (SCARED-18Sy) is a child self-report instrument used to screen for childhood anxiety disorders, including general anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder and social phobia.

Arabic
English
Assessment

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - Parent (SDQ-Parent) and Impact Supplement (SDQ-Parent-Impact) - Lebanon

Published by
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Médecins du Monde (MdM)

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a brief screen for child psychiatric disorders designed for children aged 4-17, with subscales measuring emotional problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and prosocial behaviour.

Arabic
English
Assessment

World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule for Children

Published by
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Médecins du Monde (MdM)

The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule for Children (WHODAS-Child-Arabic) is a disability assessment instrument based on the WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for children and youth.

Arabic
English
Assessment

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children, 10-item versio

Published by
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Médecins du Monde (MdM)

The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children, 10-item version (CES-DC-10Sy) is a 10-item questionnaire designed to screen for symptoms of depression.

Arabic
English
Assessment

World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule for Children - Parent-report (WHODAS-Child-Arabic: Parent-report) - Lebanon

Published by
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Médecins du Monde (MdM)

The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule for Children - Parent-report (WHODAS-Child-Arabic: Parent-report) is a disability assessment instrument based on the WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for children and youth. 

English
Assessment

Student Learning in Emergency Checklist (SLEC) - Palestine

Published by
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
,
Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

The Student Learning in Emergency Checklist (SLEC) is a self-report survey that was designed to measure adolescents’ sense of safety, self-regulation, self-efficacy, social support, academic functioning, and feelings of hope. It is intended to provide data for program monitoring and evaluation purposes.

Arabic
English
Assessment

MENAT CHILD Measurement Inventory

Published by
NYU Global TIES for Children

The MENAT CHILD Measurement Inventory was compiled and categorized by NYU Global TIES for Children as a resource for stakeholders interested in identifying additional measures of children’s holistic learning and development (CHILD) which have been used in the MENAT region.

Arabic
English
Turkish
Assessment

The Early Child Behavior Questionnaire-Short Form (ECBQ-S) - Lebanon

Published by
Department of Psychiatry-American University of Beirut Medical Center, Ministry of Public Health-Lebanon

The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire - Short (ECBQ-S) is a parent-report survey that was designed to measure toddlers’ emotional and behavioral regulation skills. It is intended to provide data for program evaluation purposes.

Arabic
English
Assessment

Academic Readiness for Children (ARCH) - Turkey

Published by
New York University (NYU)
,
Bahçeşehir University, Hacettepe University

The Academic Readiness of Children in Arabic (ARCH-A) and Turkish (ARCH-T) is a measure that was designed to assess 8 domains of school readiness through a combination of child-completed performance tasks and parent-report survey questions.

Arabic
English
Turkish
Assessment

Social-Emotional Response and Information Scenarios (SERAIS) - Lebanon

Published by
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
NYU Global TIES for Children

SERAIS is a scenario-based student assessment tool that assess different social-emotional skills. The tool introduces children to six hypothetical scenarios and prompts them to answer a series of questions aimed to measure hostile attribution bias, emotion orientation, emotion dysregulation, and interpersonal negotiation strategies.

Arabic
English
Assessment

We-Act - Palestine

Published by
Kings College London, War Child Holland

The We-Act measure is an observation and performance-based assessment designed to assess the extent to which frontline education, child protection, and psychosocial support workers in humanitarian settings have adequate competencies to provide effective support to children.

Arabic
English