Assessment Resources
Dream Life Skills Assessment
Dream Life Skills Assessment (Adapted from Kennedy et al., 2014)
Description: Life skills assessment tool measuring children’s abilities at interacting with others, problem solving, overcoming difficulties, taking initiative, managing conflict and understanding/following instructions.
Courtesy of: Monal Poduval (Piramal Foundation)
Jacobs Foundation: Monitoring & Evaluation Life Skills for Youth
1. Monitoring and Evaluation Life Skills for Youth Development, Volume 1: The Guidelines
Description: A set of guidelines meant to facilitate an understanding of what life skills are and their importance for children and youth development; also included are practical guidelines for monitoring and evaluating the acquisition and development of these skills.Courtesy of: Simon Sommer (Jacobs Foundation) 2. Monitoring and Evaluation Life Skills for Youth Development, Volume 2: The ToolkitDescription: A practical hands-on toolkit for monitoring and evaluating the development and acquisition of life skills in youth development programs.Courtesy of: Simon Sommer (Jacobs Foundation)Resources on Grit Scale
1. Development and Validation of the Short Grit Scale (Duckworth & Quinn, 2009)
Description: An article regarding the development and validation of the Grit Scale Courtesy of: Maria Figueroa (Universidad Externado de Colombia) 2. Encuesta Perseverancia Description: A translation of the Duckworth et al. Grit Scale into Spanish. Courtesy of: Maria Figueroa (Universidad Externado de Colombia)