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)