The OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills is an international survey that identifies and assesses the conditions and practices that foster or hinder the development of social and emotional skills for 10- and 15-year-old students.
Learn more about the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) and the following aspects:
Read the international report Beyond Academic Learning: First results from the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills.
This report presents the first results from the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills, describing students' social and emotional skills and how they relate to individual, family, and school characteristics.
It also examines broader policy and socio-economic contexts related to these skills, and sheds light on ways to help education leaders and policy makers monitor and foster students’ social and emotional skills.
A panel discusses how schools and teachers can help students develop skills such as curiosity, creativity and empathy to ensure they can succeed in school, work and life.
Schools as hubs for social and emotional learning: Are schools and teachers ready? (2023)
Beyond Academic Learning: First results from the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (2021)
OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills Technical Report (2021)
Assessing students' social and emotional skills through triangulation of assessment methods (2019)
Assessment framework of the OECD Study on Social and Emotional Skills (2019)
Personality Matters: Relevance and Assessment of Personality Characteristics (2017)