The YouthPower Action Soft Skills Assessment serves as a validated measure of key skills for youth development outcomes such as family planning and reproductive health, violence prevention, and success in the workforce. The key soft skills included in the assessment are: positive and negative self-concept; higher-order thinking skills; and social and communication skills.

The purpose of this resource is to guide the administration of the YouthPower Action soft skills tool. We cover the basics of the tool itself and offer recommendations for contextualizing and adapting the assessment, as well as analyzing its results. The intended audience is monitoring and evaluation staff working with USAID implementing partners.