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Yellow starred resources are those determined to meet the highest standards of relevance, research basis, and utility to the field, based on an intensive vetting process by RAND. More information on the vetting process can be found here.

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Using State Policy to Create Healthy Schools: Coverage of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Framework in State Statutes and Regulations, School Year 2017-2018

A report examining the statutes and regulations, of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, connected to Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. Policy Alignment and Coherence Getting Started States & Policymakers Products/tools/articles

Responding to Trauma through Policies that Support Healthy Learning Environments

This brief introduces a Trauma-Informed Policy Framework to Create Supportive Learning Environments to help state officials create supportive learning environments that meet the needs of students with a history of traumatic experiences and ensure ... Evidence Base & Research Policy Getting Started States & Policymakers Products/tools/articles

Federal Funding Streams and Strategies to Improve Conditions for Learning: A Resource Guide for States

This guide outlines the federal funding sources that can be accessed (and often coordinated or combined) to support state efforts to improve the conditions for learning, and identifies strategies that state leaders might pursue as they begin to ... Policy Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Sustainable Implementation States & Policymakers Products/tools/articles

From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope: Recommendations from the National Commission on Social, Emotional, & Academic Development

This report represents the culmination of two years of collaborative effort, drawing on the input of scientists, psychologists and researchers, educators, youth and parent groups, and policymakers. The authors recommend research, policy, and ... Evidence Base & Research Policy Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Sustainable Implementation Products/tools/articles

Social and Emotional Learning and Development, Conditions for Learning, and Whole Child Supports in ESSA State Plans

This brief examines key opportunities or “levers” that ESSA presents to states and their communities to specifically advance social and emotional learning and development, positive conditions for learning, and whole child supports. It then ... Policy Alignment and Coherence Getting Started Products/tools/articles

Emerging Insights from States’ Efforts to Strengthen Social and Emotional Learning

This brief shares emerging insights on states’ efforts to strengthen social and emotional learning, developed by CASEL through its Collaborating States Initiative (CSI). Policy Professional Learning & Practice Alignment and Coherence Getting Started States & Policymakers Products/tools/articles

Enacting Social-Emotional Learning: Practices and Supports Employed in CORE Districts and Schools

This study looks closely at ten “outlier schools” in California’s CORE districts whose students report strong social-emotional learning outcomes compared to other, similar middle schools. Insights are offered via a technical report, a brief, ... Evidence Base & Research Professional Learning & Practice Getting Started Sustainable Implementation Local Leaders Products/tools/articles

SEL Assessment Guide

The Assessment Guide provides several resources for practitioners to select and use measures of student SEL, including guidance on how to select an assessment and use student SEL data, a catalog of SEL assessments equipped with filters and ... Professional Learning & Practice Measurement Products/tools/articles

Choosing and Using SEL Competency Assessments: What Schools and Districts Need to Know

This document aims to provide school and district leaders and implementation teams with guidance on how to choose and use social and emotional learning (SEL) competency assessments. It discusses the benefits and challenges of measuring SEL ... Professional Learning & Practice Measurement Products/tools/articles

Measuring School Climate and Social and Emotional Learning and Development: A Navigation Guide for States and Districts

This guide assists states and districts in making decisions about which types of measures related to social and emotional development and/or school climate to use, how those measures could be used, and important factors to consider in the process. Policy Professional Learning & Practice Measurement Products/tools/articles

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