Education Next – Jay P. Greene
“Under the direction of my colleague, Gema Zamarro, the Department of Education Reform is launching the Character Assessment Initiative, or Charassein. Charassein (χαράσσειν) means to engrave, scratch, or etch and is the Greek root for the word character. The idea of the initiative is to define, develop, and validate measures of what have often been called non-cognitive skills, but we think are more accurately described as character traits. Once we have improved our understanding and ability to measure these traits, we will also be interested in evaluating potential interventions for shaping or altering them. You should check out the Charassein web site to learn more about what we have and will be doing.”(more)