Children's Science Curiosity Scale (CSCS)

Measures elementary school children's attitudes towards science in a learning context.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
30 5-point-scale items	5-point scale (strongly agree, agree, uncertain, disagree, strongly disagree)	Initial study: 5th graders	Engagement, Attitude	I would like to experiment with gadgets inside the space shuttle. It is boring to learn new science words.

Epistemological Beliefs Assessment for Physics Science (EBAPS)

Measures students' views about the nature of knowledge and learning in the physical sciences along five non-orthogonal dimensions (structure of scientific knowledge, nature of knowing and learning, real-life applicability, evolving knowledge, & source of ability to learn.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
30 items (5-point scale & multiple choice)	5-point scale (for 17 questions) strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, neutral, somewhat agree, strongly agree	high school & college students taking introductory physics, chemistry or physical science	Attitude, Competence	Understanding science is really important for people who design rockets, but not important for politicians. To be successful at science...…

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment Instrument

Evaluates students' knowledge of three fields of science (earth, physical, and life), three elements of knowing and doing science (conceptual understanding, scientific investigation, and practical reasoning), and two overarching domains in science (the nature of science and themes-systems, models, and patterns-present in science).

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
Multiplechoice, short constructed response questions, and extended constructed response questions	NA	4th, 8th and 12th grade students	Attitude, Content, Competence	List four ways that the Earth is different from the moon. (4th grade) What property of water is most important…

Relevance of Science Education (ROSE) Student Questionnaire

Assesses children's interest in, attitude towards, and experiences in science and technology, as well as their opinion about environmental challenges and career aspirations.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
Point scale items w/one open-ended question	Various point scales	15-year-olds	Engagement, Attitude	How interested are you in. . . how people, animals, plants and the environment depend on each other? To what…

Scientific Attitude Inventory: A Revision (SAI II)

Assesses students interest in science, their attitudes toward science, their views of scientists, and their desire to become scientists.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
40 5-point scale items	5-point scale	6th, 9th, and 12th grade students	Engagement, Attitude, Competence	Only highly trained scientists can understand science. The search for scientific knowledge is boring.

Views about Science Survey (VASS)

Probes personal beliefs about the nature of science within 3 scientific dimensions (structure, methodology, and validity of science) and learning science within 3 cognitive dimensions (learnability, reflective thinking, and personal relevance of science).

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
30 multiple choice items (13 related to scientific dimensions, 17 related to cognitive dimensions) set up as contrasting alternatives design (CAD)	5-point scale (most a, rarely b; more a than b; equally a & b; more b than a; mostly b, rarely a)	8th-16th graders	Engagement, Attitude, Content, Competence	Learning physics requires: (a) a serious effort. (b) a special talent. Various branches of physics, like mechanics and electricity, are…

Science Process Skills Inventory (SPSI)

The inventory consists of eleven items, each representing a different skill in the science inquiry process. Youth are prompted to respond to each statement using a 4-point Likert scale indicating how often they practice each of the items when doing science: Never (1), sometimes (2), usually (3), and always (4). Recommended scoring of the SPSI is the calculation of a composite science process skills score. This is calculated by summing the individual ratings for each item. The score range for the composite score is 11-44.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
11 Likert scale items	4 point Likert scale	106 middle school students (2007 and 2008). The inventory is intended for use with youth ages 12 and over.	Engagement, Attitude	I can use scientific knowledge to form a question. I can use the results of my investigation to answer the…

Revised Women in Science Scale (WISS-R)

Women in Science Scale-Revised (WiSS-R) is a revised version of the original tool - Women in Science Scale (WiSS), a 27-item Likert type scale created by Erb & Smith in 1984. For reference, please see Erb, T. O., & Smith, W. S. (1984). Validation of the Attitude Toward Women in Science Scale for Early Adolescents. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 21, 391–397.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
6 point Likert scale ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree” with no option of a neutral response.	14 items Likert scale	1439 middle school students (grades 6th -9th). 1350 responses were analyzed.	Attitude, Career	Women can be as good in science as men can. A woman’s basic responsibility is to raise children.

Views of Scientific Inquiry, Primary School Version (VOSI-P)

The VOSI questionnaire elicits details of learners’ ideas of what scientists do in the production of valid scientific knowledge. Understanding about scientific inquiry is an integral component of scientific literacy, along with NOS. The VOSI is useful alone, or in combination with the VNOS to gain in-depth insights into respondent’s epistemological views of science. The VOSI targets aspects unique from, but complementary to, the VNOS instrument.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
5 opened-ended questions. The questionnaire is administered and the answers are recorded by the researcher	N/A		Attitude	What kinds of work do scientists do?

Thinking about Science Survey Instrument- TSSI

Many scientists and science educators are concerned about the public’s ambiguous relationship with science and this public includes elementary teachers. Like many citizens, too many elementary teachers find science disconnected from everyday life and thinking. Science is a “school” subject − not an important part of everyday life. Some may believe that science conflicts with important personal beliefs they hold about other areas of life such as religion and art. Elementary teachers who feel this disconnection with science will at best approach science teaching as something one does if school authorities demand it. Given that we are now promoting constructivist approaches to science teaching among teachers who frequently face the challenges of multiculturalism, and in addition the rising challenges to science itself, society’s demands of elementary teachers is all the more greater. The demands increasingly require of teachers an engagement with science at a significant level of depth and sophistication. The research reported here is about developing new insight on the processes of elementary science teacher education and development, and in general the development of the public understanding of science, vis-à-vis social and cultural factors that contribute either to science resistance or affirmation of science. This document reports on the development of a quantitative instrument for assessing socio-cultural resistance to, and support for, science that can be employed in efforts to quantitatively document the presence or absence of significant cultural concerns.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
60 multiple choice questions	5-point Likert scale (strongly disagree, neutral, strongly agree)	PreK-2nd grade	Attitude	Scientific knowledge has often contributed to the destruction of our environment and natural resources

Revised Women in Science Scale (WISS-R)

Women in Science Scale-Revised (WiSS-R) is a revised version of the original tool - Women in Science Scale (WiSS), a 27-item Likert type scale created by Erb & Smith in 1984. For reference, please see Erb, T. O., & Smith, W. S. (1984). Validation of the Attitude Toward Women in Science Scale for Early Adolescents. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 21, 391–397.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
6 point Likert scale ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree” with no option of a neutral response.	14 items Likert scale	1439 middle school students (grades 6th -9th). 1350 responses were analyzed.	Attitude, Career	Women can be as good in science as men can. A woman’s basic responsibility is to raise children.

Discovery Inquiry Test in Science (DIT)

Measures students' ability to analyze and interpret data, extrapolate from one situation to another, and utilize conceptual understanding.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
29 multiple choice items (11 focusing on life science, 8 on physical science, 6 on earth and space science, and 4 on the nature of science); 20 items involve solving problems or conducting inquiry.	NA	Initial study: 6th-8th graders	Content, Competence	A small animal with dry skin and no legs that hatches from an egg is probably (a) a snake (b)…

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment Instrument

Evaluates students' knowledge of three fields of science (earth, physical, and life), three elements of knowing and doing science (conceptual understanding, scientific investigation, and practical reasoning), and two overarching domains in science (the nature of science and themes-systems, models, and patterns-present in science).

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
Multiplechoice, short constructed response questions, and extended constructed response questions	NA	4th, 8th and 12th grade students	Attitude, Content, Competence	List four ways that the Earth is different from the moon. (4th grade) What property of water is most important…

Scientific Attitude Inventory: A Revision (SAI II)

Assesses students interest in science, their attitudes toward science, their views of scientists, and their desire to become scientists.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
40 5-point scale items	5-point scale	6th, 9th, and 12th grade students	Engagement, Attitude, Competence	Only highly trained scientists can understand science. The search for scientific knowledge is boring.

Views on Science-Technology-Society (VOSTS)

"Monitors" students' views concerning the epistemological, social & technological aspects of science.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
catalogue of 114 multiple choice questions	NA	Initial study: 11th and 12th grade students	Attitude, Content, Competence	There seems to be two kinds of people, those who understand science and those who understand the arts (for example,…

Children's Environmental Attitudes & Social Knowledge Scale (CHEAKS)

Measures children's global attitudes and knowledge about environmental issues, such as animals, energy, pollution, recycling, water, and general issues.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
36 5-point-scale items (addressing attitude) & 30 multiple-choice questions (addressing knowledge)	5-point scale (for attitude questions)	Initial study (grades 6-7) Subsequent studies (grade 8)	Engagement, Attitude, Content	Attitude statement: I have asked my family to recycle some of the things we use. Knowledge statement: Ecology is the…

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science Assessment Instrument

Evaluates students' knowledge of three fields of science (earth, physical, and life), three elements of knowing and doing science (conceptual understanding, scientific investigation, and practical reasoning), and two overarching domains in science (the nature of science and themes-systems, models, and patterns-present in science).

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
Multiplechoice, short constructed response questions, and extended constructed response questions	NA	4th, 8th and 12th grade students	Attitude, Content, Competence	List four ways that the Earth is different from the moon. (4th grade) What property of water is most important…

Views on Science-Technology-Society (VOSTS)

"Monitors" students' views concerning the epistemological, social & technological aspects of science.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
catalogue of 114 multiple choice questions	NA	Initial study: 11th and 12th grade students	Attitude, Content, Competence	There seems to be two kinds of people, those who understand science and those who understand the arts (for example,…

Exploring Physics Confidence Survey

This evaluation instrument was developed for Exploring Physics, an extra curricular program for 5-7 grade students, with a focus on female students. It is part of an NSF funded program entitled Promoting Young Women in the Physical Sciences.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
6 closed-ended questions	9 point Likert	5-7 grade girls	Attitude, Content	Do you think that you could make a nail into a magnet?

Children's Science Curiosity Scale (CSCS)

Measures elementary school children's attitudes towards science in a learning context.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
30 5-point-scale items	5-point scale (strongly agree, agree, uncertain, disagree, strongly disagree)	Initial study: 5th graders	Engagement, Attitude	I would like to experiment with gadgets inside the space shuttle. It is boring to learn new science words.

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Assesses how well students can apply the scientific knowledge and skills they have learned at school to real-life challenges.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
multiple-choice	various 4-point scales	15-and 16-year olds	Engagement, Attitude, Competence, Career	How much do you agree with the statement(s) below? I am interested in learning about science. Broad science is valuable…

Science Opinion Survey (SOS)

Assesses current interest and attitudes in science activities at school.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
30 5-point scale items	5-point scale (I strongly agree, I agree, I'm not sure, I disagree, I strongly disagree)	Initial study (grades 7-8) Subsequent studies (grades 6-8)	Engagement, Attitude	Science lessons are fun. Working in a science laboratory would be an interesting way to earn a living.

Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA)

Assesses science-related attitudes along seven dimensions: social implications of science, normality of scientists, attitude toward scientific inquiry, adoption of scientific attitudes, enjoyment of science lessons, leisure interest in science, & career interest in science.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
70 5-point scale items (10 questions from 7 subscales)	5-point scale (strongly disagree, disagree, not sure, agree, strongly agree)	Original study: 7th-10th graders	Engagement, Attitude	I would prefer to do experiments than to read about them. A job as a scientist would be interesting.

Science Process Skills Inventory (SPSI)

The inventory consists of eleven items, each representing a different skill in the science inquiry process. Youth are prompted to respond to each statement using a 4-point Likert scale indicating how often they practice each of the items when doing science: Never (1), sometimes (2), usually (3), and always (4). Recommended scoring of the SPSI is the calculation of a composite science process skills score. This is calculated by summing the individual ratings for each item. The score range for the composite score is 11-44.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
11 Likert scale items	4 point Likert scale	106 middle school students (2007 and 2008). The inventory is intended for use with youth ages 12 and over.	Engagement, Attitude	I can use scientific knowledge to form a question. I can use the results of my investigation to answer the…

Revised Simpson-Troost Attitude Questionnaire (STAQ-R)

Revised Simpson-Troost Attitude Questionnaire (STAQ-R) is a revised version of the original tool – Simpson Troost Attitude Questionnaire (STQ), a 58-item Likert type scale created by Simpson and Troost in 1982. For reference, please see Simpson, R. D., & Troost, K. M. (1982). Influences on commitment to and learning of science among adolescent students. Science Education, 66, 763-781.

Assessment Type	Scale	Respondent	Domain(s) Evaluated	Sample Item(s)
5 point Likert scale ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree” with an option of a neutral response (undecided/uncertain).	22 items Likert scale	1812 middle school students (grades 6th - 8th). 1754 responses were analyzed.	Engagement, Attitude, Career	We do a lot of fun activities in science class. I always try hard, no matter how difficult the work.…