Student Assessment
Arizona Christian University
Arizona Christian University Worldview Student Assessment was designed by Dr. George Barna and is based on more than 40 years of research, including 30 years creating and conducting worldview surveys. Dr. Barna serves as Director of Research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University and the nation’s leading researcher in the area of biblical worldview (see Dr. Barna’s biographical information here).
The Arizona Christian University Worldview Assessment will help to evaluate the strengths and areas for worldview improvement in your students in grades 4, 8, and 12.
Our motivation is to provide a useful tool for educators and administrators who have a strong commitment to increase the presence of Jesus in the lives of their students and to continue to expand knowledge and application of biblical truth.
Dr. Barna defines a biblical worldview as “thinking and acting like Jesus.” The Arizona Christian University Worldview Student Assessment will help your students do just that.
Please contact our helpful team at [email protected] or 602-386-4176.
Arizona Christian University Worldview Student Assessment Report
The Arizona Christian University Student Worldview Assessment is user-friendly. The assessment includes a pre-test and a post-test, administered at the beginning and end of each school year, so you can evaluate how well you are developing your students’ worldview.
Once all participants have completed the assessment, you receive a detailed analysis of your student’s worldview. This includes scores for each student in five key categories used to determine worldview. These individual student scores are shared with the student’s parents.
The assessment report also includes aggregated scores for each classroom, for both the pre-test and post-test administration of the assessment. The group’s scores are also compared to national norms, based on national survey results of children the same age.
The assessment measures beliefs and behavior in five categories that are key to determining worldview:
- Bible, Truth, Morals
- Faith Practices
- God, Creation, History
- Lifestyle, Behavior, Relationships
- Sin, Salvation, God Relationship
The worldviews identified in the assessment are:
- Biblical Theism (biblical worldview)
- Eastern Mysticism / Pantheism
- Marxism / Socialism
- Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
- Nihilism
- Postmodernism
- Secular Humanism
- Syncretism
The assessment also measures the Seven Cornerstones of the Biblical Worldview. Dr. Barna’s research shows that these Seven Cornerstones form the foundation of the biblical worldview:
- A biblically orthodox understanding of God’s existence and nature
- Acknowledgement of being a sinner, in need a savior
- Jesus is the only way to salvation
- Absolute moral truth exists; God is the basis of all truth
- The Bible is the true and reliable words of God
- Success is consistent obedience to God
- Life’s purpose is to know, love, serve God with all heart, mind, strength, and soul
(If you don’t embrace all Seven Cornerstones, there’s only a tiny chance of having a biblical worldview.)
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Select a grade level to get started. Pricing is per student and includes: the pre-test, the post-test, and reports for each.
If you have any questions, please contact our helpful team at [email protected] or 602-386-4176.
Individual Reports for Students
In the near future, parents of individual students completing the Arizona Christian University Worldview Student Assessment will be able to access their student’s scores through a Parent Portal.
Each student’s individual report includes: Identification of the student’s predominant worldview; scores in the five key worldview categories; the student’s Seven Cornerstones score; and a detailed definition of the worldviews measured in the assessment (Biblical Theism, Eastern Mysticism, Marxism, Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, Nihilism, Postmodernism, Secure Humanism, and Syncretism).
Class reports containing aggregated results are created and made available to the school administrator.
Please contact our helpful team at [email protected] or 602-386-4176.
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Your Arizona Christian University Worldview Student Assessment Report will help you identify which training resources are best for strengthening your students’ biblical worldview.
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