Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Social Skills Improvement System-Social Emotional Learning Edition (SSIS SEL) is sold through Pearson and measures a variety of social and emotional competencies using both norm and criterion referencing. There are both digital and paper versions which can be completed by students, parents, or teachers. There is also a brief version of the form.
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
< 3 Years,
Pre-Kindergarten,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Relationship Skills ; Self Management ; Self Awareness ; Social Awareness ; Responsible Decision Making
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent
Administration Information
Length
10-25 Minutes
Administration
Computer,
Paper
Access and Use
Open Access
No
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Anthony, C. J., Elliott, S. N., DiPerna, J. C., & Lei, P. W. (2020). The SSIS SEL Brief Scales - Student Form: Initial development and validation. School Psychology, 35(4), 277-283. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/spq0000390
Gresham, F. M., Elliott, S. N., Metallo, S., Byrd, S., Wilson, E., & Cassidy, K. (2018). Cross‚Äêinformant agreement of children's social‚Äêemotional skills: An investigation of ratings by teachers, parents, and students from a nationally representative sample. Psychology in the Schools, 55(2), 208-223. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22101
Gresham, F., Elliott, S., Metallo, S., Byrd, S., Wilson, E., Erickson, M., ... & Altman, R. (2020). Psychometric fundamentals of the Social Skills Improvement System: Social - Emotional Learning Edition rating forms. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 45(3), 194-209. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1534508418808598
Rigney, A. M. (2019). Test Review: Social Skills Improvement System Social-Emotional Learning Edition. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 37(5), 669-673. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0734282918781194
