Student Well-Being Index (WBI)

The WBI from Turnaround for Children provides a holistic view of each student’s sense of their well-being and, through its use, facilitates an assets-based approach to building both universal and integrated supports for individual students. This brief self-assessment includes multiple aspects of well-being (physical, social, emotional, cognitive and psychological) to promote an equitable and comprehensive approach to support. This zip file contains two versions of the WBI (a shorter version for grades 3-5 and a more robust one for grades 6-12) and templates for scoring.

Constructs Being Measured
Primary: 
Psychological well-being
Secondary: 
Social well-being
How to Access and Cite

Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.

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: 

Elementary version: 6 Likert-type items [5-point scale, 1=None of the time, 5=All of the time]
Secondary version: 12 Likert-type items [10-point scale, 1=None of the time, 10=All of the time]

Original target population: 

Versions for the following groups:
Elementary (3rd to 5th grade); Secondary (6th to 12th grade)

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

Bandura, 1986
Cunningham, Brandon, & Frydenberg, 1999
Turnaround for Children

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.