ERIC Number: ED609206
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 12
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What Do Changes in Social-Emotional Learning Tell Us about Changes in Academic and Behavioral Outcomes?
Kanopka, Klint; Claro, Susana; Loeb, Susanna; West, Martin R.; Fricke, Hans
Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE
Prior work has shown that levels of self-reported student social-emotional learning (SEL) predict student achievement levels--as well as student achievement gains--but little has been done to understand if within-student changes in student reports of SEL are predictive of changes in theoretically related academic and behavioral outcomes. We use data from the California CORE Districts to examine whether changes in individual students' reports of their social-emotional skills from one school year to the next predict changes in state math and English language arts (ELA) test scores and attendance. We find that within-student changes in self-reported SEL predict changes in ELA achievement, math achievement, and attendance. These results are robust across model specifications and are stable across a wide variety of student subgroups.
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Academic Achievement, Student Development, Outcomes of Education, Interpersonal Competence, Mathematics, Language Arts, Scores, Attendance, Predictor Variables, Social Cognition, Self Efficacy, Self Management, Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Economically Disadvantaged, Prior Learning, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Stanford University, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
Identifiers - Location: California
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