Assessment metadata as naturally occurring direct SEL measurement¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 mixed) · 3 studies (2 associational, 1 review),q1–q2· 0 of 3 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The article proposes that assessment metadata — data about how students behave on a test or survey, including disengagement indicators — can function as naturally occurring, direct measures of social-emotional competencies, offering an alternative to deliberately administered SEL surveys. The abstract describes the study's focus as "assessment metadata (typically data relevant to how students behave on a test or survey)" that "can provide information on SEL constructs." The framework treats behavioral traces already collected during routine testing and surveying as a new source of SEL data, and the article examines both the promise and the limitations of this approach.
Accounts¶
- Assessment disengagement metadata as naturally occurring direct assessments of SEL competencies: The article proposes that assessment metadata — data about how students behave on a test or survey, including disengagement indicators — can function as naturally occurring, direct measures of social-emotional competencies, offering an alternative to deliberately administered SEL surveys. The abstract describes the study's focus as "assessment metadata (typically data relevant to how students behave on a test or survey)" that "can provide information on SEL constructs." The framework treats behavioral traces already collected during routine testing and surveying as a new source of SEL data, and the article examines both the promise and the limitations of this approach. (James Soland et al. (2019))
Claims¶
- Educators' efforts to support SEL are hampered by a lack of available, unbiased measures of related competencies [+M]
- A literature review investigated whether assessment metadata can provide information on SEL constructs [+M]
- Using item response time metadata to measure students' social-emotional learning shows both promise and limitations [~W]
- Assessment metadata can be used to quantify the impact of test disengagement on estimates of educational effectiveness [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- James Soland, Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng, Collin Hitt. (2019). Identifying naturally occurring direct assessments of social-emotional competencies: The promise and limitations of survey and assessment disengagement metadata. Educational Researcher 48 (7). https://journals.sagepub.com/home/edr
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Assessment metadata as naturally occurring direct SEL measurement |
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The article proposes that assessment metadata — data about how students behave on a test or survey, including disengagement indicators — can function as naturally occurring, direct measures of social-emotional competencies, offering an alternative to deliberately administered SEL surveys. |
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