So, what does all of this mean for StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network partnerships? To start, one of the foundational elements in this work is its holistic approach to student learning. This is demonstrated through a core visual representation of the work that started with StrivePartnership and has been adapted by communities across the Cradle to Career Network. The Cradle to Career\u00a0Roadmap to Success has an upper half focused on core academic outcomes and a lower half focused on non-academic, non-cognitive, student and family support. And the cross-sector nature of cradle-to-career partnerships and the critical role of learning partners from youth-serving organizations in this work necessitate a focus on both halves of this roadmap in order to ensure student success.<\/p>\n

Even so, because work in this field is so new and emergent, Cradle to Career Network communities have struggled with how to approach measurement in this space. And so, the StriveTogether Task Force on Measuring Social and Emotional Learning launched early this year in an attempt to make some recommendations to the Cradle to Career Network on how to approach measurement in this area. The end result is a comprehensive review of the literature as it relates to some of the core social and emotional competencies that lead to improved cradle-to-career academic outcomes. Coupled with the lit review and recommended competency list is an overview of the measures for these competencies and a compendium with more than 100 measurement tools that can be used for assessment in this space. It is a tremendous resource for community partnerships and a great contribution to the field.<\/p>\n