REL Report Identifies Instruments for Measuring Student Engagement

REL Report Identifies Instruments for Measuring Student Engagement
Researchers, educators, and policymakers are increasingly focused on student engagement as a key factor in addressing problems of low achievement, student boredom and alienation, and high dropout rates. As schools and districts seek to increase engagement, it is important for them to understand how it has been defined and to assess the options for measuring it.

This REL Southeast report, Measuring Student Engagement in Upper Elementary through High School: A Description of 21 Instruments, presents the results of a literature review of available instruments for measuring student engagement (behavioral, emotional and cognitive) in upper elementary through high school. The study describes 21 instruments that include student self-reports, teacher reports, and observation measures.

The report is a useful resource for educators, school psychologists, researchers, and other education professionals interested in measuring student engagement.

The report summarizes what is measured, instrument purposes and uses, and available technical information. In addition, instrument abstracts describe the main features of each instrument, including the developer, population, method, background, administration, constructs measured, scoring and reporting, reliability and validity, and use. References are listed for each instrument. The report is descriptive and is not intended to assess the quality of each instrument or identify strengths or weaknesses.

To view this report being released by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, visit http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=268

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