or
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"});});