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  • Focus Area 1 Build Foundational Support and Plan
    • Shared Vision and Plan
    • Communication
    • Organizational Structure
    • Aligned Resources
  • Focus Area 2 Strengthen Adult SEL Competencies and Capacity
    • Central Office Expertise
    • Professional Learning
    • Adult SEL and Cultural Competence
    • Staff Trust, Community, and Efficacy
  • Focus Area 3 Promote SEL for Students
    • SEL Standards
    • Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
    • Family and Community Partnerships
    • Integration
  • Focus Area 4 Reflect on Data for Continuous Improvement
    • Reflect on Progress Toward Annual SEL Goals
    • Make Improvements to the Action Plan

Student Assessment:

Student SEL competency assessment can help schools and and districts to continuously improve SEL instruction and implementation, evaluate the effectiveness of SEL programming and approaches, and support equitable outcomes. Student SEL competency assessment can take the form of self-report survey questionnaires and rating scales, interview protocols, observation protocols and rating scales, or performance-based assessments.

See also: assessment, define SEL metrics

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The SEL Assessment Guide

The SEL Assessment Guide provides several resources for practitioners to select and use measures of student SEL, including guidance on how to select an assessment and use student SEL data, a catalog of SEL assessments equipped with filters and bookmarking, and real-world accounts of how practitioners are using SEL assessments.

SOURCE: CASEL

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MeasuringSEL: Plan the Role of Assessment

From CASEL's Measuring SEL practitioner resources, this page differentiates between formative and summative purposes of SEL competency assessment, prompting thinking about intended use of assessment in order to select appropriate measures.

SOURCE: CASEL

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MeasuringSEL – Implement Assessment

From CASEL's Measuring SEL practitioner resources, this page provides recommendations for implementing any chosen SEL assessment, including important decisions to make and strategies for communicating about the assessment with stakeholders.

SOURCE: CASEL

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Washoe County’s Student Voice Homepage and Student Voice Toolkit

Students practice and strengthen social and emotional skills through leadership opportunities. By elevating students as leaders, districts both benefit from student perspective and ingenuity and support their skill development. This website provides a great example of a district-level approach.

SOURCE: Washoe County School District

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Washoe County’s 17 Item Student Social and Emotional Competency Self Report

Summary of the process of developing a 17 item student self-assessment of SEL used in Washoe, including the use of student focus groups, with results and connection to achievement and behavior outcomes. Item text is included.

SOURCE: Washoe County School District

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