The
Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)
A data-driven tool promoting social-emotional development in young people in school and afterschool settings.
What Makes the HSA Unique
Why Use the HSA
What does the HSA Assess
The HSA is a data-driven tool to promote social-emotional development in young people in school
and afterschool settings. The HSA has 14 scales that are grouped into three domains: resiliencies, learning and school engagement, and relationships.
Student Voice
The HSA is based on answers that young people provide about themselves
Fast Turnaround
Data is processed in real time and schools and programs receive their results directly after
administration.
Strength-Based
Individual portraits present strengths, as well as challenges in different social-emotional domains.
Differentiated Learning
Information from the tool encourages differentiated teaching and support strategies.
Action
Orientation
Engagement in physical and hands-on activities.
"I like to Move my body"
Emotion
Control
Self-Regulation of distress and management of anger.
"I react to thinks so quickly I get in trouble."
Assertiveness
Confidence in putting oneself forward, advancing personal beliefs, wishes or thoughts and standing up for what one believes.
"I stick up for myself against unfair rules."
Perserverance
Persistence in work and problem solving despite
obstacles.
"When I try to accomplish something, I achieve it."
Trust
Perception of other people as helpful and trustworthy.
"I think most people are fair."
Empathy
Recognition of other's feelings and experiences.
"I like to help people with their problems."
Reflection
Inner thought processes and self-awareness, and internal responsiveness toward broader societal issues.
"I try to understand the world I live in."
Optimism
Enthusiasm for and hopefulness about one's life.
"More good things then bad things will happen to me."
Learning Interest
Desire to learn and acquire new knowledge.
"I try to learn new things outside of school."
Critical
Thinking
Examination of information, exploration of ideas, and independent thought.
"I think carefully before believing things people tell me."
Academic
Motivation
Desire to learn and acquire new knowledge.
"I try to learn new things outside of school."
School
Bonding
Positive personal connections and the sense of belonging in one's school.
"I care about my school community."
Relationships
with Peers
Desire to learn and acquire new knowledge.
"I try to learn new things outside of school."
Relationships
with Adults
Positive connections and attitudes towards interactions with adults.
"There are adults I look up to and admire."
Dynamic Data in Real-Time
HSA Overview Webinar
The HSA portrait provides teachers and student support staff with a snapshot of a student's long-term social-emotional state. The portrait provides information both on the student's strengths (how well the student is able to cope with stressful factors in the environment), and on the student's struggles (the extent to which the student cannot control the body, mind, and cognition). These portraits can be especially useful in identifying those students who are struggling in a way that may not be immediately obvious to teacher.
The HSA Dashboard dashboard displays your school- or program-level HSA aggregate data to help teachers, staff, and program administrators see the bigger patterns in the individual HSA data. It is securely hosted on the Qualtrics platform and includes filtering and exporting features to give you a more interactive experience with your data.
HSA Add-Ons
Mental Health Screeners
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) &
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)
The PHQ-8 is a questionnaire designed to measure symptoms of depression by asking respondents to report how often they have felt particular symptoms of depression over the last 2 weeks.
The GAD-7 is a questionnaire designed to measure symptoms of anxiety by asking respondents to report how often they have felt particular symptoms of anxiety over the last 2 weeks.
Strength & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
The SDQ provides an initial, brief behavioral screen
for 11 to 16-year-olds. Developed by Robert Goodman, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College
London, the SDQ assesses positive and negative aspects of behavior and indicates whether additional
or preliminary clinical interventions are needed.