or
<Data> <Employee> <Name>Mary</Name> <EmpType>Executive</EmpType> <Salary>65000</Salary> <Employee> <Name>Fred</Name> <EmpType>Manager</EmpType> <Salary>52000</Salary> <Employee> <Name>John</Name> <EmpType>Supervisor</EmpType> <Salary>37000</Salary> </Employee> </Employee> </Employee></Data>kendo.culture("@lang")@Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(x => x.PasswordStrength).BindTo(Model.AvailablePasswordStrengths).DataTextField("Text").DataValueField("Value").Value(Model.PasswordStrength.ToString())jQuery(function(){jQuery("#PasswordStrength").kendoDropDownList({dataSource:[{"Selected":false,"Text":"Blank","Value":"0"},{"Selected":false,"Text":"Very weak","Value":"1"},{"Selected":false,"Text":"Weak","Value":"2"},{"Selected":true,"Text":"Medium","Value":"3"},{"Selected":false,"Text":"Strong","Value":"4"},{"Selected":false,"Text":"Very strong","Value":"5"}],dataTextField:"Text",dataValueField:"Value"});});