Specialization in Social and Emotional Learning The field of social and emotional learning (SEL), like most fields, has its silos. This, as I see it, is the inevitable and natural consequence of the high level of sustained effort required to …
In the last blog post, I suggested using a student SEL assessment that is designed to measure the skills your SEL program is designed to teach. I noted that xSEL Labs has crosswalked several widely used SEL programs with SELweb, …
Read MoreStrengthening SEL Program Implementation with Assessment Data
Is your school district using an evidence-based social emotional learning (SEL) program or curriculum? If so, how are you measuring skills to inform instruction and to measure progress over time? This two-part blog series is for educators who use (or …
Read MoreLinking Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs and Assessment
If you’ve been following my posts over the past year, you probably know that I believe in the power of SEL skill assessment to improve outcomes by helping educators understand their students’ social-emotional strengths and needs. This is an aspirational …
Read MoreIs your District Ready to Assess Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?
In my conversations with educators, the issue of assessment time has come up a lot lately. Here’s the issue: On the one hand, many educators like the idea of directly assessing student social and emotional skills; and those who do …
Read MoreWhy Invest Time in Social Emotional (SEL) Assessment?
As you know, I spend a lot of my time thinking and talking about how to assess student social and emotional learning skills. Among the many reasons for this singular focus, one rises to the top: it matters. I do …
Read MoreSocial and Emotional Learning (SEL) Assessment in Action
What the $#&^!@* is Direct Assessment of Student Social and Emotional Learning Skill? I think you’ll agree with me that terminology is, well… boring. But let’s also admit that not understanding terminology can cause problems, like, for example, leading you …
Defining Social Emotional Learning Skills There are many frameworks, models, and definitions of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). As a result, when trying to comes to grip with what SEL is, it can get overwhelming. While there’s little doubt that …
Recently, the xSEL Labs team met with a group of educators in an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse school district that is using our SEL assessment to inform their SEL instruction. As is so often the case, the district team asked …
Read MoreSocial and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Restorative Practices
People often have very strong opinions about student assessment, particularly when it comes to social and emotional learning assessment. This is especially true when discussing the use of SEL assessment for screening. One colleague is adamant that SEL assessment should …
