Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES)

The Study on Social and Emotional Skills is a global assessment program by the OECD that aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at
multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills.

Constructs Being Measured
Primary: 
Social and emotional learning
Secondary: 
Agency
How to Access and Cite

To access the resource, visit https://www.oecd.org/education/ceri/social-emotional-skills-study/data.htm.

Outcome Families
Well-being
Connectedness
Awareness
Agency
Mastery
Programmatic Purpose
Classroom-level data and feedback
Program-level monitoring and evaluation
Instrument Characteristics
Type of items: 

The forms consisted of two parts – an assessment of social and emotional skills through Likert-type questions, and contextual or background questions.

Original target population: 

Two versions of the student questionnaire are available, one for the older cohort (15-year-olds) and one for the younger cohort (10-year-olds).

Format: 
Self-report
Applicable Grade Levels
Pre-primary
Primary
Secondary
Post-secondary
Supporting Research

Kankaraš, M., & Suarez-Alvarez, J. (2019). Assessment framework of the OECD Study on Social and Emotional Skills. Paris: OECD.

Rationale

Social-emotional learning (SEL) skills will become more important in the near future. Currently, academics remain the most prioritized across education systems, but large-scale surveys such as the SSES increase visibility and highlight the importance of SEL globally. What is measured will be prioritized.

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.