Sample Surveys from Other Sources

We frequently use items, scales, or entire surveys that are publicly available in our own work. Links to some of these surveys are provided below:

• Native Hawaiian Leadership Measure
  A survey developed to measure Native Hawaiian leadership characteristics of recent Hawaiian culture-based charter school graduates.
• School Quality Survey
  Hawai‘i Department of Education survey that monitors perceptions of school quality on the part of faculty and staff, parents, and students.
• High School Survey of Student Engagement
  A major national survey that measures school engagement for high school students.
• Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
  A frequently used scale measuring self-esteem in adolescents through adults. (Note: Some studies recommend that questions 5 and 8 be omitted when working with minority and indigenous populations.)
• Phinney’s Multi-Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM)
  A well-researched scale for measuring the strength of individuals’ affiliation with their ethnic heritage (Note: At Kamehameha Schools, we have used adaptations to the items to refer specifically to respondents affiliation with their Hawaiian ancestry and cultural heritage. To obtain a copy of the adapted items contact Kathy Tibbetts.)
• Diener’s Life Satisfaction Survey
  A widely-used measure of life satisfaction among adults.
• Guide for Construction Self-Efficacy Scales
  A discussion of the concept of self-efficacy and how it is measured, including examples of self-efficacy surveys developed by Albert Bandura.