Assessing Social and Emotional Learning

As more and more states adopt social and emotional learning (SEL) standards, there are more calls for SEL assessment. But the state of the field is unsettled: What we know about SEL intervention and theory derives from research studies that have used a wide variety of methods to assess SEL and related areas. Because the focus of these studies has been to build the research base, the assessments used in them were not necessarily designed for use in practice contexts.

So the SEL field is at a bit of a crossroads—it is clearly a research-based field that does not have a clear paradigm for student assessment……………..