Innovative Approaches to Measuring Social Emotional Skills: Instruments and Findings From National and International Studies

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session will present three innovative tools currently being developed and used to measure social and emotional learning competencies and will provide an introduction to the wealth of new technological innovations being applied to the field of socio-emotional measurement. The presentation will begin with a paper that provides an overview of technological innovations in measuring social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. This paper will set the groundwork for the following presentations of specific instruments that have been developed for assessing SEL in diverse contexts, including one in the United States and two in Africa.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Social and Emotional Learning

Chair

• Susan Rotermund, RTI International

Papers

• Social Emotional Learning 2.0: A Review of Digital Assessments of Social and Emotional Skills - Susan Rotermund, RTI International; Jeffrey A. Rosen, RTI International

• A New Approach to Measuring Academic Grit and Life Skills in Tanzania - Amy Mulcahy-Dunn, RTI International

• Using the Assessment of Liability and Exposure to Substance Use and Antisocial Behavior, Revised (ALEXSA-R) System for Assessing Social and Emotional Learning - Ty Ridenour, RTI International

• Measuring Social and Emotional Skills in Preprimary Children in Kenya - Evangeline N. Nderu, RTI International

Discussant

• Rachel Beattie, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching