Project ESSY: Expanding Screening to Support Youth

Green school house graphic with 6 windows. Three silhouettes of children stand in the doorway. In the first window are the words "social & emotional well-being." In the second window is the word "behavior." In the third window are the words "academic skills." In the fourth window is the word "behavior." In the fifth window are the words "physical health." In the sixth window are the words "supports outside of school."

Our goal is to expand options in school screening. We have developed the ESSY Whole Child Screener, an efficient assessment for providing information across important child-focused domains as well as contextual factors that can affect a student’s school success.

Learn from the creators of Project ESSY:

    
  • What problem were you trying to solve when you started Project ESSY?
  • How is the ESSY Whole Child Screener different from what schools are using now?

 

    
  • What is consequential validity and why was it central to the project?
  • How did what you expect to find change as the project moved forward?
  • How does having a whole picture change the decisions schools make about how to support students?

    
  • What’s one thing you want a school leader to know about the ESSY Whole Child Screener?
  • If this work succeeds, what does it change?
  • When thinking about next steps with this work, what are you most excited about?

Our team represents a collaboration between

 

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