Account for stability of SEL competencies when using them in practice, policy, and evaluation¶

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Description¶

The brief's title and description direct teachers and schools to consider the stability of social-emotional learning competencies when using them: "Are social-emotional learning competencies stable over time? Implications for practice, policy, and evaluation". If SEL scores vary over time rather than behaving as stable traits, their use in evaluation and policy decisions requires caution; the brief states it draws out "the implications for teachers and schools".

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Users of SEL measures must know whether the competencies are stable over time before relying on the scores for decisions

Constraints¶

• The supplied text prints no specific recommendations, only that the study addresses implications for practice, policy, and evaluation

Target Learners¶

• Teachers and schools using social-emotional learning measures

Target Learning Goals¶

• Interpretation and appropriate use of social-emotional learning competency scores

Affordances¶

• State Trait Composition Sel Constructs

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Key Sources¶

• James Soland, Megan Kuhfeld, Emily Wolk, Sharon Bi. (2019). Are social-emotional learning competencies stable over time? Implications for practice, policy, and evaluation. NWEA Research brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/are-social-emotional-learning-competencies-stable-over-time-implications-for-practice-policy-and-evaluation/