SEL is the set of skills that help students manage emotions, build relationships, and make responsible choices. CASEL groups them into five core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

Meta-analyses show SEL programs boost prosocial behavior and raise academic scores across all grades—effects that last for years. Measuring makes those gains visible and guideable.

Common methods include climate surveys, behavior screeners, teacher-rated checklists, and rubric-based assessments. Each captures a slice of the picture but can be time-intensive to score and compare.

An AI-powered rubric (like SynapseShot) layers skills, habits, and SEL tags onto the grades you’re already giving—no extra forms or surveys.

Yes. Large language models can classify rubric comments against SEL frameworks in seconds, turning narrative feedback into trackable metrics and trend graphs.

SynapseShot’s “growth map” plots traditional scores alongside dynamic, consistency, and relational SEL metrics, so you see how mastery and mindset move together.