Cover: Commentary on the Special Issue on Social-Emotional Assessment to Guide Educational Practice

Commentary on the Special Issue on Social-Emotional Assessment to Guide Educational Practice

Published in: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Volume 57 ( July-August 2018), Pages 74-76. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2018.05.003

Posted on RAND.org on October 09, 2018

by Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher

This commentary summarizes themes from the JADP special issue on social and emotional assessment and offers recommendations for effective use of assessment data to promote improved social and emotional learning experiences for students.

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