{"id":79698,"date":"2024-07-22T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casel.org\/?p=79698"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T21:18:36","slug":"casel-adds-14-new-programs-to-leading-guide-on-evidence-based-social-and-emotional-learning-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casel.org\/casel-adds-14-new-programs-to-leading-guide-on-evidence-based-social-and-emotional-learning-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"CASEL Adds 14 New Programs To Leading Guide On Evidence-Based\u00a0Social and Emotional Learning Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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As federal pandemic relief funds phase out, school and district leaders must decide how to sustain investments to best support students\u2019 social, emotional, and academic learning. To help school and district leaders make decisions that maximize student impact, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) today released a 2024 update to\u00a0The CASEL Guide to Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong>. These updates will assist educational leaders in selecting effective SEL programs that best meet the unique needs of their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the emphasis on evidence-based practices as critical to school improvement efforts under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states and districts have increasingly leveraged SEL given the\u00a0strong evidence<\/a>\u00a0of benefits to a wide range of student outcomes. Education leaders often adopt SEL programming to support academic acceleration, attendance, mental wellness, supportive learning environments, workforce readiness, and other key priorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\u00a0nearly 90 percent<\/a>\u00a0of schools report increasing social and emotional support for students, the\u00a0CASEL Program Guide\u00a0<\/em>offers a free,\u00a0Consumer Reports<\/em>-style tool to help district and school leaders identify evidence-based programs that have been shown to be effective using rigorous scientific standards. With the addition of 14 new programs, the\u00a0Program Guide\u00a0<\/em>now includes 99 programs that can support student learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt a time when academic recovery is of the utmost importance, it is heartening to see education leaders provide consistent and high-quality opportunities for students to learn and practice critical social and emotional skills that contribute to academic success,\u201d said Dr. Ally Skoog-Hoffman, Senior Director of Research and Learning at CASEL. \u201cThis latest review cycle saw an 11% increase in program applicants that focused on integrating SEL within core academic contents areas. Furthermore, the addition of 14 new programs is CASEL\u2019s largest accepted set of applications. This signals that the SEL field is growing and evolving to meet the current needs of educators and students across the country. At the same time, SEL program providers are conducting  rigorous evaluation research that furthers the evidence-base for the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because SEL programs are not one-size-fits-all, the CASEL Program Guide<\/em> allows users to search effective programs in terms of local priorities, compare programs, and determine opportunities for professional learning and implementation support for school and district staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programs in the guide are designated as \u2018SELect\u2019 (met or exceeded all criteria), \u2018Promising\u2019 (met or exceeded most criteria), or \u2018SEL-Supportive\u2019 (met evidence criteria but did not fully meet design criteria). The criteria CASEL uses for these designations align with ESSA evidence criteria. Learn more about the inclusion criteria and alignment with ESSA\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the new additions, nine were deemed \u2018SELect\u2019 and five were deemed \u2018Promising\u2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New ‘SELect’ programs:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n