Measurement Tools and Manuals

Adult Rating of Youth Behavior (ARYB)

Sally Smith May 15, 2023

The Adult Rating of Youth Behavior (ARYB) asks staff to rate children’s and youth’s socio-emotional skills based on behaviors displayed within out-of-school time settings, as observed during several program sessions. ARYB scores are good indicators of how children and youth are likely to perform in settings where they are well supported. Staff should observe each child or youth for at least four program hours before using the ARYB. Download the Measurement Manual Citation: Smith, Peck

Adult Rating of Youth (ARY)

Sally Smith May 15, 2023

The Adult Rating of Youth (ARY) asks staff to rate children’s and youths’ optimal socio-emotional behavioral skills based on behaviors displayed during program activities, as observed during several program offering sessions. ARY scores are good indicators of how children and youth are likely to perform in settings where they are well supported. Staff should observe each child or youth for at least four hours of program activities before using the ARY. The ARY can be

Teacher Practices Instrument (TPI)

Sally Smith May 15, 2023

QTurn’s Teacher Practices Instrument (TPI) is an observational rating measure designed to assess the quality of teacher (or staff) practices in school classrooms or out-of-school time (OST) programs, build a quality-focused organizational culture, develop improvement goals, identify staff training needs, and provide information about how specific aspects of instructional quality relate to specific aspects of children’s socio-emotional skill growth. This measurement tool is applicable to all staff delivering school or OST instruction or other learning

Youth Report of Socio-Emotional Skills

Sally Smith May 15, 2023

The Youth Report of Socio-Emotional Skills (YRSS) asks children and youth about mental and behavioral aspects of their socio-emotional skills in general (i.e., beyond the out-of-school time program setting and into environments such as home and school). The YRSS can be used as a pre-test for program planning purposes and, also, as a post-test for assessing socio-emotional skill growth. Download the Measurement Manual Citation: Smith, Peck (2023). Youth Report of Socio-Emotional Skills (YRSS). QTurn LLC.

Guidance for Out-of-school time Learning at a Distance (GOLD)

QTurn Team March 24, 2021

The Guidance for Out-of-School Time Learning at a Distance (GOLD) is a program quality assessment for 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) and other community-based programs (e.g., school-age childcare, YMCA, 4 H, Boys & Girls Clubs) that have transitioned virtual, socially distanced in-person, and blended service models. For these new models, the GOLD will: Help staff document local standards for quality and make improvements Help leaders to assess organizational readiness and demonstrate accountability Help

Subjective Well-Being (SWB)

QTurn Team March 16, 2021

In OST organizations that focus on student’s socio-emotional skills and wellbeing, pandemic conditions created new urgency to staff’s desire to know how students and caregivers were doing. While many OST organizations know how to ask families about basic needs created by the pandemic – health care, housing, food, transportation – sometimes staff are less comfortable checking in on mental health issues. The concept of subjective-well-being (SWB) has traditionally been assessed using measures of happiness and

Management Practices Self-Assessment (MPSA)

QTurn Team May 5, 2020

The Management Practices Self-Assessment (MPSA) is a measurement instrument created to empower Michigan 21st CCLC Project Directors, who manage at least one program site. The MPSA provides Project Directors with the opportunity to check-in with themselves and their team by identifying practices and policies that are well-documented and working well, or that could be updated or improved, and areas where they need additional assistance to reach their full potential. Download the Guidebook Download the Instrument