McCloskey Social-Emotional Learning Scale (MSELS)

Author: George McCloskey
Age Range: 5 through 19 years
Format: Online parent and teacher rating forms
Number of Items: 56
Completion Time: 7-10 minutes
Publication Date: 2023
Published By: Schoolhouse Educational Services, Inc.

Description

The McCloskey Social-Emotional Learning Scale (MSELS) is a nationally, norm-referenced, digital rating scale assessment that may be used as a screener or as an individual comprehensive assessment. The MSELS is designed to assess a student’s social emotional learning of CASEL’s five core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

Benefits and Features

• Can be used as a screener or individual assessment of social-emotional learning
• Can be used for progress monitoring for intervention effectiveness
• Aligns with CASEL’s five core competencies
• Emphasizes the executive functions aspects of social-emotional learning
• Is cost effective and time efficient
• Allows collection of multi-informant data
• Computer-generated report provided
• Provides strengths and weaknesses analysis
• Is a digital product, but free paper forms can be printed
• Determines whether student does not have the skills or does not apply existing skills

McCloskey Social-Emotional Learning Scale Resources

View a free 90-minute webinar by MSELS author, Dr. George McCloskey, on Assessment of Social-Emotional Learning from an Executive Functions Perspective.