Assessment

International Social and Emotional Learning Assessment (ISELA) - Iraq

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The International Social and Emotional Learning Assessment is a scenario- and performance-based measure designed to assess the development of self-concept, stress management, perseverance, empathy, relationship management, and conflict resolution in children ages 6 - 12 years old. It is intended to provide data for program monitoring and evaluation purposes.

For more information, please contact Dr. Nikhit D’Sa at ndsa@nd.edu and Save the Children at learningassessment@savechildren.org

ISELA is also the focus of a Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) article.

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Evidence Snapshot

Summary

Much of the evidence is positive and we are confident in the quality of the evidence. We do note that adding additional items and revising the stop and skip rules could improve the ease of measure testing and assessing the internal structure of the measure. However, given that there is clear guidance on how the measure can be revised, we recommend this measure for its specified purpose(s) with adaptaion. We note that ISELA or modules from the tool have previously been tested, adapted, and used in DRC, Egypt, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, South Sudan, Tanzania, Syria, Thailand, and Uganda

Where

Iraq

Sample

620 Kurdish-speaking Syrian refugee children

Measure Snapshot

For what?

Program monitoring

About what?

Social-emotional Skills

How?

Paper/Pencil format

Respondant

Enumerator/Data Collector

By what method?

Performance-based assessment

Resource Info

Published by

Save the Children

Authored by

Nikhit D’Sa & Allyson Krupar

Topic(s)

Learning Assessment

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)

Social and Emotional Learning

Geographic Focus

Iraq

Use:

Basic research, Program monitoring, Program evaluation

Resource Category:

Social-emotional Skills

Resources

All files (10.98 MB)

Arabic

English