Building the Culture and Competencies of Excellence & Ethics
for Success in School, Work, and Beyond

Benchmark and monitor the culture of excellence and ethics for data-driven school improvement with CREE Assessment Process

Since 2004, the Collective Responsibility for Excellence and Ethics (CREE) instrument has been used in multiple schools and districts around the country, including those participating in several Partnerships for Character Education Program projects administered by the Federal Department of Education. It is built around a conceptual model (Khmelkov, Davidson, and Lickona, 2007-2009) that identifies school inputs, intermediate, and long-term outcomes related to the culture and competencies of excellence and ethics. Currently, CREE is available in two primary versions.

CREE-P2

Collective Responsibility for Excellence & Ethics: Power2™ Programming (CREE-P2 v4.1) is calibrated to deliver data for program evaluation, as well as general benchmarking and continuous assessment of faculty practices, school culture, and students competencies of excellence and ethics. Keep reading

CREE-GENERAL

Collective Responsibility for Excellence and Ethics: General (CREE v2.7) serves to assess and benchmark various aspects of the school climate and culture and the development of students' performance character and moral character. Keep reading

How to get CREE

CREE instruments are available free of charge for end-users, subject to the conditions in the User Agreement. If you would like to use any of our surveys in your work, please review, sign, and submit a copy of the User Agreement to IEE by mail, fax, or email to obtain permission for such use.

IEE and its partner-organizations provide a range of one-time and ongoing assessment services, including consultation on evaluation design and sampling approaches, online data collection, school- or district-level data reporting, phone consultations, and extensive training options on interpretation of data results and integration of CREE assessment process into school improvement efforts.

If you are interested in assessment services provided by IEE, consult our current options and prices for online data collection and standard data reports. For more information on other services and a specific quote, please contact Deb Finn or Vlad Khmelkov.