K-8 SEL

Drive Meaningful Change and Evaluate Outcomes in Your School, District, or Program Through Our Strength-Based SEL Assessment System
Increase instruction time, reduce behavior infractions, and improve academic outcomes for your students with social and emotional learning. Aperture Education’s strength-based SEL assessments for K-8 are nationally-normed and psychometrically sound to provide districts and programs with the most reliable, actionable data possible. Inform instruction and drive decisions with powerful data from our CASELTM-aligned DESSA assessments.
Aperture Education K-8 SEL Includes:
SEL Assessment
DESSA-mini 1-minute universal screener
DESSA assessment
Data & Insights
Student progress monitoring and outcomes measurement
Reporting at individual, class, grade, school, and district levels
SEL Strategies
Multi-tiered strategies for individuals,
small groups, and classrooms
All For One, and One For All
Aperture Education’s SEL assessment system is a practical approach to SEL for all involved in student success.

Educators
Quickly screen all students with the
DESSA-mini 1-minute universal screener
Dive deeper with the DESSA assessment for students in need of further instruction
Take action with strategies to bolster social and emotional growth and improve overall student achievement
Monitor progress and measure outcomes

Counselors
Identify students in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports
Recognize trends in specific competency gaps across an entire classroom, school, or district
Implement small-group research-informed intervention strategies for social and emotional growth

Administrators
Align Aperture to your district’s existing initiatives like MTSS, RTI, and PBIS
Quickly understand your district’s overall strengths and areas of need
Make informed decisions for implementing social and emotional strategies and new initiatives district-wide
Easily create and customize real-time reports to track impact
Keep Growing
Aperture Education serves entire districts with practical and consistent SEL solutions for K-8, 9-12, educators and staff.
Drive transformation at every level of your district, school, or out-of-school-time program.
Our SEL Competencies
Aperture Education products are centered around 8 CASEL™- aligned social and emotional competencies to guide students and educators in their social and emotional skill development.

Interested in learning more? Download our guide to the Aperture 8 SEL competencies, which includes free SEL strategies to practice each competency.
Our Partners
Aperture Education partners with research-based SEL changemakers devoted to creating transformations.







Aperture Education Testimonials
We are honored to work with districts, schools, and out-of-school-time programs around the world who show a commitment to SEL by partnering with Aperture Education to create social and emotional transformations for the educators and youth they serve.