The purpose of this research was to examine the psychometric properties of a character assessment scale (i.e., the Character Assessment for School Age Children - CASAC) based on the six pillars of character (Josephson Institute, 2009). Many youth development and character education programs utilize some if not all of the pillars of character explicitly or implicitly (e.g. Prestwich, 2004); yet there are few character assessments that integrate these components in a comprehensive way. Furthermore, as many of these programs have been utilized to augment academic achievement, there is increasing emphasis on the importance of formative evaluation (e.g., Berkowtiz & Bier, 2004; Zins, Bloodworth, Weissberg, & Walberg, 2004). Hence a brief assessment of character that was also predictive of academic achievement would be useful as a formative evaluation tool. Exploratory factor analyses resulted in a two-dimensional scale. These dimensions demonstrated internal reliability and criterion validity. #CharacterAssessment #YouthFocusedEvaluation #2011Conference #Prek-12EducationalEvaluation