In 2012, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its Policy on Youth in Development that strengthens and expands high-quality youth programming by the Agency, as well as calls for increased rigor in the evaluation of such programs (USAID, 2012a). To support better research on youth development, USAID’s Education Office asked JBS International, Inc. to scan and review tools designed to measure developmental assets,1 workforce readiness skills, and life skills – all areas identified as key stepping stones for young people to achieve positive life outcomes (USAID, 2013a; USAID, 2013b; USAID 2013c)