SEL640: SEL and Assessment

Durlak, J. A., Domitrovich, C. E. Weissberg, R. P. & Gullotta, T. P. (Eds.). (2015). Handbook of social and emotional learning: Research and practice. The Guilford Press. ISBN for eBook: 9781462520176 

Sagor, R. D. & Williams, C. (2017). The Action Research Guidebook: A Process for Pursuing Equity in Education. Corwin. eText ISBN: 9781506380612 

From the Durlak textbook:

• Chapter 19 -- Assessment of SEL in Educational Contexts: Denham 
• Chapter 20 -- Systems for Assessing and Improving Students Social Skills to Achieve Academic Competence: Elliott, Frey, & Davies 
• Chapter 21 -- Challenges and Opportunities in the Direct Assessment of Children Social and Emotional Comprehension: McKown 

From the Sagor & Williams textbook:

• Chapter 9 -- Turning Findings into Action Plans 
• Chapter 10 -- Reporting and Sharing Action Research  

• Social and Emotional Learning -- California Department of Education 
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards in All 50 States
• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) 
• Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (SEL): Toward SEL in Service of Educational Equity and Excellence
• The Perfect Assessment -- Rick Stiggins

• Rick Stiggins: Keys to Achieving Excellence in Local Assessment Systems Webinar (55:24 minutes) - Video

A reminder, as we have done in each course of the program, remember to collect three entries during week one, two, and three to add a total of nine entries to your ARC guide. The ARC guide is due at the end of week three. Suggestions for sources for candidates to self-select entries for the ARC guide: 

• The course text, Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning Research and Practice. 
• The NU Library curated SEL 630 Strategies collection.
• The NU MA SEL Optional Growth Dashboard of Resources, SEL Strategies. 
• An independent investigation for SEL Assessments related to your professional context for action research.