Character Growth Card

The Character Growth Card from the Character Lab is a school-based assessment developed to help middle school teachers provide students with formative feedback on skills that researchers and teachers alike have linked with success. The tool aims to measure student grit, optimism, self-control (school), self-control (interpersonal), gratitude, social intelligence, curiosity, and zest.

Constructs Being Measured
Primary: 
Agency
Secondary: 
Social and emotional learning
How to Access and Cite

The authors note that that this card should not be used to diagnose or compare children, nor to compare schools or programs. Rather please use it to help children focus on their own growth and development in these areas, and as a conversation starter.
To access this resource, visit https://www.greatschoolspartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/January2014CharacterGrowthCard.pdf.

Outcome Families
Well-being
Connectedness
Awareness
Agency
Mastery
Programmatic Purpose
Classroom-level data and feedback
Program-level monitoring and evaluation
Instrument Characteristics
Type of items: 

Self and teacher ratings on 8 themes:
Grit, Optimism, Self-control (school), Self-control (interpersonal), Gratitude, Social intelligence, Curiosity, and Zest

Original target population: 

K–12 education

Format: 
Observation scale
Applicable Grade Levels
Pre-primary
Primary
Secondary
Post-secondary
Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.