The Development and Content Validation of the Self-Assessment for Student Success (SASS): An Instrument Measuring Areas Impacting Student Success in Higher Education

The Self-Assessment of Student Success (SASS) is a self-report tool that aims to provide students in higher education the opportunity to determine their strengths and limitations within five domains: resilience, stress management, social supports, quality of life, and study skills. Content validity of the SASS was determined by having nine content experts rate test items. Item level content validity index (ICV-I), scale level validity (S-CVI), and Kappa indices were calculated based on responses. Thirty-two of 34 items show strong I-CVI scores. Two items were revised based on feedback. This study provides evidence of content validity of the SASS.