Moral Development Assessment Test

Designed for a four-minute, 20-question reflection, the Moral Development Assessment Test explores attitudes toward self, other people, work, learning, and society. Your result highlights patterns in responsibility, empathy, self-regulation, and social engagement, offering a structured starting point for personal reflection and understanding your developmental profile.

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How the Scales are Structured

Attitude Toward SelfATS

Measures self-attitude, self-respect, and the ability to self-organize and regulate behavior.

example score2/12

2/12Lowexample score

0 – 4Low

5 – 8Moderate

9 – 12High

A score of 2 falls in the Low range, suggesting self-organization and self-regulation are less consistently expressed in everyday behavior.

Attitude Toward OthersATO

Assesses empathy, respect for others, and willingness to cooperate in social interactions.

example score4/12

4/12Lowexample score

0 – 4Low

5 – 8Moderate

9 – 12High

A score of 4 falls in the Low range, suggesting limited consistency in showing empathy, respect, and cooperative behavior across situations.

Attitudes Toward Physical LaborATPL

Measures willingness to engage in physical work and respect for the effort and discipline involved in manual tasks.

example score5/12

5/12Moderateexample score

0 – 4Low

5 – 8Moderate

9 – 12High

A score of 5 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally acceptable attitude toward physical labor with room to strengthen consistency and work discipline.

Attitude Toward Intellectual WorkATIW

Assesses interest in intellectual work, motivation to learn, and engagement in activities that develop cognitive skills.

example score4/12

4/12Lowexample score

0 – 4Low

5 – 8Moderate

9 – 12High

A score of 4 falls in the Low range, suggesting limited interest in learning activities and weaker intrinsic motivation for intellectual effort at this time.

Attitude Toward SocietyATS

Measures the extent of positive attitude toward society, willingness to cooperate, and sense of social responsibility.

example score8/12

8/12Moderateexample score

0 – 4Low

5 – 8Moderate

9 – 12High

A score of 8 suggests a moderate level of social responsibility and cooperation, with these attitudes generally present but not consistently expressed across situations.

Moral Development LevelMDL

Measures the degree of developed moral qualities, self-organization, and self-regulation in an educational setting.

example score22/40

22/40Mediumexample score

0 – 20Low

21 – 30Medium

31 – 40High

A score of 22 falls in the Medium range, suggesting a moderate level of moral upbringing with some independence and self-regulation that may still rely on external guidance in certain situations.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Classroom teachers and mentors

46%OF USERS

Educators use it to evaluate students’ values, discipline, and social responsibility and to plan targeted воспитательная work.

Parents of teenagers

34%OF USERS

Parents take it to understand how their child treats others, work, and rules, and to spot areas needing support at home.

School psychologists and counselors

20%OF USERS

Support staff use it to compare teacher and parent perspectives and guide prevention or behavior correction plans.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Attitude Toward YourselfATY

You?

Average7.7

Typical rangeTypical6 – 9.4

Possible0 – 12

Attitude Towards PeopleATP

You?

Average8.9

Typical rangeTypical6.6 – 11.1

Possible0 – 12

Attitude Toward Physical LaborATPL

You?

Average6.6

Typical rangeTypical5.1 – 8.1

Possible0 – 12

Attitude Toward Intellectual WorkATIW

You?

Average5.4

Typical rangeTypical3.8 – 7.1

Possible0 – 12

Attitude Towards SocietyATS

You?

Average5.9

Typical rangeTypical4.5 – 7.4

Possible0 – 12

Level of Moral EducationLoME

You?

Average20.2

Typical rangeTypical13 – 27.5

Possible0 – 40

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Scores for each domain are rated independently by the teacher and by the parents.

- Likes nature and takes care of it, and encourages others to treat it with care
- Likes nature and takes care of it
- Takes part in nature protection activities under the teacher’s guidance
- Does not value nature and does not take care of it
- Interested in and proud of the country’s history; talks about it to others
- Interested in the country’s history
- Looks into the country’s history when encouraged by adults
- Not interested in the country’s history
- strives to do as well as possible, helps others
- strives to do as well as possible
- studies when supervised
- performs poorly at school even when supervised

These are 3 of the 20 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Moral Development Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test

morality

People who want to examine how responsibility and prosocial habits are developing can use the Moral Development Assessment Test as a structured reflection on everyday conduct. It is suited to an educational context where a learner’s choices, effort, self-control, and relationships are considered together. As a moral development questionnaire, it turns these observations into a profile of strengths and areas that may need encouragement.

What This Assessment Explores

The assessment links moral qualities with self-management, relationships, work, learning, and social participation. Conduct ranges from prompted to independent. A moral development test is a profile, not a label. These dimensions are:

Attitude Toward Self (0-12) measures self-respect, organization, and self-regulation: Low 0-4; Moderate 5-8; High 9-12.
Attitude Toward Others (0-12) measures empathy, respect, cooperation: Low 0-4; Moderate 5-8; High 9-12.
Attitudes Toward Physical Labor (0-12) covers work effort and discipline: Low 0-4; Moderate 5-8; High 9-12.
Attitude Toward Intellectual Work (0-12) covers learning motivation and growth: Low 0-4; Moderate 5-8; High 9-12.
Attitude Toward Society (0-12) measures responsibility, cooperation, engagement: Low 0-4; Moderate 5-8; High 9-12.
Moral Development Level (0-40) summarizes autonomy and prosocial participation: Low 0-20; Medium 21-30; High 31-40.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item presents a behavior or attitude with four ordered choices scored from 0 to 3. Options move from absent, prompted, or inconsistent conduct toward independent, constructive behavior. Items cover environmental care, civic and school involvement, curiosity, work habits, relationships, honesty, self-control, and personal standards. Five domain results and one overall result are displayed; the 0-3 choices do not establish how item responses are combined. This is an ordinal profile, not a clinical measurement.

Conceptually, the questionnaire aligns with Shilova’s 1982 work on observing upbringing through everyday conduct, but is a separate online tool, not created by Shilova. Lunkova and colleagues’ 2021 study addresses patriotic and environmental education, overlapping with some themes but offering no validation evidence for this questionnaire. The result is a moral development profile showing strengths and areas where independence or encouragement may be needed.

Because items describe conduct, scores depend on the rater’s perspective, behavioral interpretation, and current context; the displayed bands are descriptive labels. The assessment helps discuss patterns that can change with experience and practice.

Author: Lawrence Kohlberg

Literature:

Shilova, Maria Ivanovna. (1990). For Teachers on the Upbringing of Schoolchildren. Moscow: Pedagogika, 144 pp. ISBN 5-7155-0244-6.
Shilova, Maria Ivanovna. (1982). Studying the Upbringing of Schoolchildren. Moscow: Pedagogika, 104 pp.
Lunkova, Elizaveta; Gorelik, Victor; Khorosheva, Tatiana; Demeshev, Igor; Voronkova, Elena; and Ponomareva, Natalia. (2021). Role of patriotic education of adolescents in present-day green society. E3S Web of Conferences, 244, 11057. 10.1051/e3sconf/202124411057.

Updated: 2025-10-02