Social Skills Improvement System Social Emotional Learning Edition Rating Forms

Gresham, Frank M.; Elliott, Stephen N.; Metallo, Sarah; Byrd, Shelby; Wilson, Elizabeth K.; Erickson, Megan; Cassidy, Kaitlin; Altman, Robert L.

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“…The SSIS SEL score, which combines the five social emotional learning scales, ranges from 0 to 60, where larger scores correspond to better management of emotions and achievement of personal goals, enhanced empathy for others, more supportive relationships, and more responsible and caring decisions. The 20-items SSIS SEL Brief scales for teachers and parents were generated from the 51-item SSIS SEL Rating Forms (Gresham and Elliott, 2017) using Item Response Theory (IRT). Moreover, reliability evidence for the SEL composite scores included Cronbach's alphas (Teacher 0.95; Parent 0.91; Student 0.94) and inter-rater reliability (Teacher 0.65; Parent 0.61).…”

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Social Emotional Competence, Learning Outcomes, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties of Preschool Children: Parent and Teacher Evaluations

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This paper addresses the role of social emotional competence in the emotional and behavioral problems and learning outcomes of preschool children based on their parents’ and teachers’ evaluations. In this study, we compared the perceptions of teachers and parents when evaluating the same child using the multi-informant assessment. First, the associations and differences between both the informant evaluations were investigated. Second, the correlation of the social emotional competence and emotional, and behavioral difficulties among preschool children was analyzed, separately addressing their parents’ and teachers’ evaluations. Third, the role of the preschool children’s social emotional competence in their emotional and behavioral problems, and learning outcomes was investigated building the regression and mediation models. The sample consisted of 507 preschool children (3–6 years, mean age 4.85 years, SD 0.82) and their parents and teachers. Both informants completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and Social Skills Improvement System Social-Emotional Learning Brief Scales, and teachers reported on each child’s learning outcomes (by completing a three-item Learning outcomes measure). When comparing both informants’ evaluations, positive associations were found between teacher and parental evaluations of prosocial behavior and emotional, and behavioral difficulties of preschool children, as well as self-management. Parents evaluated their children higher than teachers in conduct problems, hyperactivity, prosocial behavior, and total difficulty, while teachers evaluated children higher than parents in social emotional competence. According to teachers, the social emotional competence of preschool children was negatively correlated to all difficulty scales, and positively related to the prosocial behavior scale. The demographic variables, as well as parental socioeconomic status and children’s belonging to a vulnerable group were not found to be significantly associated with the preschool children’s learning outcomes. However, social emotional competence remains a significant variable in teacher-rated learning outcomes of preschool children even if sociodemographic variables are controlled. Our findings indicate that a higher level of social emotional competence and lower levels of social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties are related to a higher preschoolers’ academic learning in their teachers’ evaluation. This suggests the importance of early facilitation of social emotional competence as a key factor for academic success and more positive behavioral outcomes.

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Social Emotional Competence, Learning Outcomes, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties of Preschool Children: Parent and Teacher Evaluations

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“…Furthermore, stability coefficients (2‐month retest interval) for SEL scales ranged from .81 to .86. With regard to validity, substantial evidence was reported regarding convergent and discriminant validity coefficients (Gresham & Elliott, 2017). Finally, CFAs also provided support of the internal structure of the SSIS SEL RF‐P (Gresham et al, 2020).…”

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Parents' assessment of students' social emotional learning competencies: The SSIS SEL brief scales‐parent version

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Objective The objective of this research was to develop a brief version of the well‐established Social Skills Improvement System Social Emotional Learning (SSIS SEL) Parent Rating Form (2017) so that parents' voices are heard by schools where programs to facilitate children's social emotional learning (SEL) are increasingly popular. Background Parents' observations of their children's social emotional skills based on social interactions within a family are potentially rich, but parents typically have not been included in universal SEL screenings conducted by schools. This information can contribute to a more complete picture of children's social emotional functioning and status. Method Using an item response theory approach, items rated by parents on the SSIS SEL Rating Form were selected to maintain content representation and maximize estimated information while minimizing differential item functioning across gender and ethnicity. The parent ratings were for a nationally representative sample of 2,400 students grades K–12. Results Initial evidence of reliability and validity for the resulting brief scales supports their use by parents for low‐stakes assessment of SEL skill development. Conclusion This new assessment holds promise for meaningfully documenting parents' observations of their children's SEL skills at home and in the community. Implications The SSIS SEL Brief—Parent can be completed in 5 minutes and provides a picture of student SEL functioning that supplements teachers' assessments.

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“…In addition, although findings from Gresham et al (2018) supported the 5-factor structure of the SSIS SEL-RF-S, it is possible that other factor structures might also plausibly characterize the SSIS SEL-RF-S. This is particularly salient because the SSIS SEL-RF-S represents a reconfiguration of items from a different measure, the Social Skills Improvement System—Rating Form—Student (Gresham & Elliott, 2017), and we used the sample that served as the standardization sample for both measures. However, in addition to statistical considerations, dimensionality decisions should be guided by substantive and practical considerations (Ackerman, Gierl, & Walker, 2003; Tate, 2002) and these latter factors clearly favor the 5-factor structure aligned with the prominent CASEL framework (Eklund et al, 2018).…”

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“…The SSIS SEL RF-S (Gresham & Elliott, 2017) is a nationally normed behavior rating scale of social and emotional learning for students ages 8 to 18. The SSIS SEL RF-S includes 46 items rated on a 4-point scale from 0 ( Not True ) to 3 ( Very True ).…”

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“…Of the reviewed assessments, most either do not assess more than three CASEL domains (rendering them nonoptimal for CASEL-focused assessment) or assess CASEL domains alongside many other tangentially related domains (rendering them inefficient for schools specifically using the CASEL framework). Only two reviewed assessments (the Washoe County School District Student Social Emotional Competency Assessment Crowder, Gordon, Brown, Davidson, & Domitrovich, 2019; and the Social Skills Improvement System—Social and Emotional Learning Edition Rating Form–Student; SSIS SEL-RF-S; Gresham & Elliott, 2017) focus on three or more CASEL domains without including many other tangential domains. Such limited assessment options are not unique to CASEL-aligned assessments (e.g., the National Center on Intensive Intervention [NCII] only lists one socioemotional or behavioral measure—the teacher-rated Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener—as meeting psychometric standards for universal screening; NCII, 2019) but are particularly salient considering the growing prominence of this SEL model.…”

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The SSIS SEL Brief Scales–Student Form: Initial development and validation.

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The SSIS SEL Brief Scales-Student Form (SSIS SELb-S) was developed to create an efficient assessment of students' social and emotional learning (SEL). Using item response theory with ratings from 800 students in Grades 3-12 from the standardization sample, 20 items were selected from the full-length SSIS SEL Rating Form -Student to maximize score information and rating efficiency. After identifying items for the SSIS SELb-S, we conducted several reliability and validity analyses. These analyses provided initial support for the use of the SSIS SELb-S for low-stakes decision making contexts. As such, the SSIS SELb-S holds promise for incorporating the perspectives of students ages 8 -18 into assessments of their SEL competencies. Impact and ImplicationsThere is increasing need for efficient assessments targeting students' social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies to support school-based SEL programming. To address this need, the current study used advanced psychometric approaches to develop the SSIS SEL Brief Scales -Student Form, a brief version of the prominent SSIS SEL Rating Form-Student. The resulting measure holds promise to extend and support SEL programming and incorporate students' self-perceptions into the SEL assessment and intervention process.

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Social Skills Improvement System Social Emotional Learning Edition Rating Forms

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Social Emotional Competence, Learning Outcomes, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties of Preschool Children: Parent and Teacher Evaluations

Social Emotional Competence, Learning Outcomes, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties of Preschool Children: Parent and Teacher Evaluations

Parents' assessment of students' social emotional learning competencies: The SSIS SEL brief scales‐parent version

The SSIS SEL Brief Scales–Student Form: Initial development and validation.

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