The first round of the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills took place in 2018-2020 in ten cities around the world. All the questionnaires; collected data from students, parents, teachers and school principals; as well as the corresponding codebooks are available for download below. Detailed information about data collection and quality assurance is available in the SSES Technical Report.

 

QUESTIONNAIRES

These questionnaires were administered to students, parents, teachers, and school principals. Two versions of the student questionnaire are available, one for the older cohort (15-year-olds) and one for the younger cohort (10-year-olds). 

• Student questionnaire (older cohort) (PDF)
• Student questionnaire (younger cohort) (PDF)
• Parent questionnaire (PDF)
• Teacher questionnaire (PDF)
• Principal questionnaire (PDF)

To access the SSES Round 1 assessment items, please complete this request form.

DATA

SSES consisted of two parts – an assessment of social and emotional skills, and contextual questions. Students, parents, and teachers completed both parts of SSES, while school principals provided contextual data regarding the sampled schools. There are five data sets, each of which contains data collected from the online platform, derived variables, weights and scores wherever applicable.

• Student questionnaire administered to students (SAV) | Student questionnaire administered to students (DTA)
• Parent questionnaire administered to parents (SAV) | Parent questionnaire administered to parents (DTA)
• Teacher indirect assessment of students (SAV) | Teacher indirect assessment of students (DTA)
• Teacher questionnaire administered to teachers (SAV) | Teacher questionnaire administered to teachers (DTA)
• School questionnaire administered to school principals (SAV) | School questionnaire administered to school principals (DTA)

CODEBOOKS

Corresponding codebooks are available for each data set. The codebooks provide details, including valid codes, for all variables.

• Student questionnaire administered to students (PDF)
• Parent questionnaire administered to parents (PDF)
• Teacher indirect assessment of students (PDF)
• Teacher questionnaire administered to teachers (PDF)
• School questionnaire administered to school principals (PDF)