What happened to the social-emotional screening tool that NYC schools began using last year?

New York City’s education department plans to ditch a controversial social skills assessment for the coming school year, Chalkbeat has learned.

The tool’s proponents believe it’s a missed opportunity to help shift school culture to become more responsive to children’s social-emotional wellbeing, particularly at a time when needs are high.

In many ways, however, the tool’s rollout was doomed from the start.

Read the full article here: https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/25/23737630/nyc-mental-health-assessments-dessa-social-emotional-learning-urban-assembly

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