Strength-based assessment Scale

Epstein, M. H., Sharma, J. (1998). Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale A strength-based approach to assessment, Austin, TX PRO-ED. 

One of the principal elements of Green Zia that will be the focus of this paper is the third-party assessment and feedback report process. Like our Baldrige brethren at both the national level and at the state Quality Award Program level, Green Zia employs a number of volunteers to read applications that are submitted to our state Environment Department, provide nonprescriptive feedback on strengths and opportunities for improvement, determine a score for the application based on a 1000-point scale, and possibly conduct a site visit to verify/clarify the application. This paper will describe all aspects of the third-party examination process and will provide some personal insight as to the strengths and opportunities for improvement of our own process. 

The ionization of conjugate acids is described similarly, thereby providing a convenient scale on which to assess the strength of bases. Equation (9-2b) (p. 100), for example, describes the ionization of the ammonium ion, the cation of the base ammonia. To make this equation analogous to equation (9-6) we can write... 

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