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School Attitude Scale (SESSW) Test

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With nine statements and a two-minute completion time, the School Attitude Scale (SESSW) Test explores how you value school, academic success, learning, and education’s future usefulness. Your result highlights attitudes and perceived meaning across four areas, offering a quick starting point for self-reflection about your educational experience.
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School Attitude Scale (SESSW) Test: sample question card
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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

Personal ImportancePI
Measures how personally important academic success and achievement goals are to the student.
example score9/15
9/15Moderate importanceexample score
3 – 7Low importance
8 – 11Moderate importance
12 – 15High importance
A score of 9 falls in the Moderate importance range, suggesting academic success is somewhat meaningful to the student but not a strong personal priority.
UsefulnessU
Measures how useful the student believes school knowledge will be for their future.
example score8/15
8/15Moderate usefulnessexample score
3 – 7Low usefulness
8 – 12Moderate usefulness
13 – 15High usefulness
A score of 8 indicates a moderate perception that school learning will be beneficial, with some practical value recognized but not strongly endorsed.
Intrinsic ValuesIV
Measures how important and personally meaningful school feels to the student as a source of inner values and intrinsic learning motivation.
example score10/15
10/15Moderateexample score
3 – 7Low
8 – 11Moderate
12 – 15High
A score of 10 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting school is seen as somewhat meaningful, with intrinsic motivation present but not consistently strong.
School Attitude ScaleSAS
Measures how positively a student values school and views it as a meaningful place for learning.
example score21/45
21/45Negative/indifferentexample score
9 – 21Negative/indifferent
22 – 35Neutral to moderately positive
36 – 45Positive
A score of 21 falls in the Negative/indifferent range, suggesting school currently has low subjective value for the student and may be viewed more as an obligation than as meaningful.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Teachers in mixed classrooms
41%OF USERS
Teachers use it to quickly see how students feel about school, what motivates them, and who may need extra support.
School psychologists and counselors
34%OF USERS
They take it to screen motivation, school engagement, and aspirations, especially when planning individual interventions for teens.
Migrant teens and families
25%OF USERS
They use it to understand a student’s attitude toward learning and adjustment after moving to a new school environment.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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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
Personal ImportancePI
You?
Average10.3
Typical rangeTypical8.3 – 12.2
Possible3 – 15
UsefulnessU
You?
Average8.1
Typical rangeTypical6.3 – 9.9
Possible3 – 15
Inner valuesIv
You?
Average7.3
Typical rangeTypical5.5 – 9.1
Possible3 – 15
Attitude Towards School ScaleATSS
You?
Average20.5
Typical rangeTypical15.3 – 25.7
Possible9 – 45
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

    • Strongly disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Strongly agree
    • Strongly disagree
    • Disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Agree
    • Strongly agree
    • Strongly disagree
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Neither agree nor disagree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Strongly agree
These are 3 of the 9 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

School Attitude Scale (SESSW) Test - Description and methodology of the test

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Students, parents, educators, and adults reflecting on their educational experience may want a structured way to examine what school means to them. This questionnaire organizes attitudes toward school, learning, achievement, and future usefulness into a profile that is easier to consider. The School Attitude Scale (SESSW) Test supports self-reflection on subjective school value and the motivation that may accompany personal importance or intrinsic value.

What This Assessment Explores

This questionnaire examines the subjective value attached to school rather than subject knowledge. Its statements cover enjoyment, interest, future usefulness, and personal importance in doing well. Results for personal importance and intrinsic value may suggest motivation; school attitude remains the broader construct. Together, they form a school attitude profile. The dimensions are:

  • School Attitude Scale (9-45) measures overall subjective value of school: Negative/indifferent (9-21); Neutral to moderately positive (22-35); or Positive (36-45).
  • Personal Importance (3-15) measures how strongly successful academic performance matters personally: Low importance (3-7); Moderate importance (8-11); or High importance (12-15).
  • Usefulness (3-15) measures perceived usefulness of knowledge from school for the future: Low usefulness (3-7); Moderate usefulness (8-12); or High usefulness (13-15).
  • Intrinsic Values (3-15) measures whether school is viewed as a meaningful part of life: Low (3-7); Moderate (8-11); or High (12-15).

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement uses a five-point agreement response, from strong disagreement to strong agreement. The questionnaire presents results across four displayed scales, but it does not specify how individual answers are assigned or combined. A pattern across four results is more informative than an assumed single total: school attitude results may show that someone values school generally while seeing its usefulness or personal importance differently.

The questionnaire’s structure is conceptually consistent with SESSW, the published scale assessing subjective educational values described by Steinmayr and Spinath (2010). This online questionnaire is a separate measure, not a documented adaptation or validation of that work; its scoring has not been standardised, and the displayed bands do not establish population norms or clinical cutoffs. Expectancy-value theory provides broader context; Eccles and Wigfield (2002) describe interest, utility, and personal importance as factors that can help explain engagement.

Self-report responses can shift with current circumstances, interpretation of the statements, and willingness to answer candidly. Read the four-result profile as a description of present educational attitudes alongside actual goals, behavior, and context.

Author: Herbert W. Marsh
Literature:
  • Steinmayr, Ricarda, and Spinath, Birgit. (2010). Construction and first validation of a scale assessing subjective educational task values (SESSW). Diagnostica, 56(4), 195-211. 10.1026/0012-1924/a000023
  • Eccles, Jacquelynne S., and Wigfield, Allan. (2002). Motivational beliefs, values, and goals. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, 109-132. 10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135153

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