Minnesota Community Voices Citizenship Scale

Student self-report on issues of honesty, trustworthiness, rule following and conscientiousness. The citizenship measure has 12-items with mostly five-point Likert-type scale responses offered (never agree to always agree). The scale can be applied to primary and secondary school students.

Constructs Being Measured
Primary: 
Social awareness
Secondary: 
Responsibility
How to Access and Cite

To access the resource, visit cee.nd.edu/curriculum.

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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: 

Likert Scale

Original target population: 

Elementary School Students

Format: 
Self-report
Applicable Grade Levels
Pre-primary
Primary
Secondary
Post-secondary
Supporting Research

Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Lies, J. (2004). Minnesota’s Community Voices and Character
Education Project. Journal of Research in Character Education, 2, 89-112.

Rationale

Awareness - focuses on understanding some aspects of one's self and beliefs Connectedness - focuses on values and beliefs about what is the moral code of conduct one uses in daily activities. Linked to integrity, respect, fairness.

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.