Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Washoe County School District Social and Emotional Competency Assessments (WCSD-SECAs) are free, open-source instruments that measure the self-reported social and emotional competencies of students in grades 5-12. The WCSD-SECA instruments were developed through a collaboration among WCSD, the Collaborative for Academic and Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), and the University of Illinois at Chicago through an Institute of Education Sciences Research-Practitioner Partnership grant. Subscore(s): Self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses, Self-awareness of emotions, self-management of emotions, self-management of goals, self-management of school work, Social skills
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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
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Self Management ; Self Awareness ; Relationship Skills ; Social Awareness ; Responsible Decision Making ; Self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses ; Self-awareness of emotions ; self-management of emotions ; self-management of goals ; self-management of school work ; Social skills
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
Long-Form Assessment includes 40 items. Short-Form Assessment includes 17 items.
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
Laura Davidson, WCSD Director of Research and Evaluation at 775-348-3850 or ldavidson@washoeschools.net
Ben Hayes, WCSD Chief Accountability Officer bihayes@washoeschools.net (775) 348-0284
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Crowder, M. K., Gordon, R. A., Brown, R. D., Davidson, L. A., & Domitrovich, C. E. (2019). Linking social and emotional learning standards to the WCSD Social - Emotional Competency Assessment: A Rasch approach. School Psychology, 34(3), 281 - 295. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000308 Davidson, L. A., Crowder, M. K., Gordon, R. A., Domitrovich, C. E., Brown, R. D., & Hayes, B. I. (2018). A continuous improvement approach to social and emotional competency measurement. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 55, 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2017.03.002
