Our Initiative
The Establishing Practical Social-Emotional Competence Assessments of Preschool to High School Students project was created to advance progress toward establishing practical SEL assessments that are scientifically sound, feasible to use, and actionable as a key priority for the field. The project’s is a multidisciplinary collaborative of leading researchers and practitioners in the fields of PreK-12 education, assessment, social and emotional learning (SEL), and related fields. A three-year effort, members of the work group will work in partnership to make key advancements in student SEL assessment. This effort is managed and staffed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), in close partnership with leaders from the RAND Corporation, Harvard University, the CORE Districts, Transforming Education, xSEL Labs, and several universities, non-profit organizations, and school districts across the country. The work group has identified four main goal areas that will guide its activities:
Goal Areas
Collaborator Network
Join us as we build a network of researchers, educators, policymakers, advocates, and others dedicated to the rapidly growing field of social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment. Add your voice by joining the network and stay up to date by reading our blog.
Frameworks
A framework is an important foundation for social-emotional learning (SEL) assessment and improvement efforts. We are preparing a series of briefs on SEL frameworks, where we explore similarities, differences, and potential alignments among the growing number of SEL-related frameworks. Join the network to have access to these briefs as they are published.
Assessment Guide
There are a growing number of assessments available to educators, requiring them to thoughtfully choose the appropriate measure for their needs. We are developing an Assessment Guide that will highlight a variety of uses, share perspectives from actual users, and ultimately help educators to select and effectively use currently available SEL assessments.
Design Challenge
Our annual design challenge seeks to foster the next generation of SEL assessment, assessments that directly measure students’ social-emotional competencies and also help generate a set of design principles to guide future SEL assessment.
National Practitioner Advisory Group (NPAG)
Related Projects
Our Collaborators
Funders
The work group for Establishing Practical Social-Emotional Competence Assessments of Preschool to High School Students is a multidisciplinary collaborative of leading researchers and practitioners in the fields of PreK-12 education, assessment, social and emotional learning (SEL), and related fields. A three-year effort, members of the work group will work in partnership to make key advancements in student SEL assessment.
