This new tool has been field-tested across several school districts and private schools along the east coast. This group of 50+ teachers along with their students participated in a study to assess the impact of IvySCIP on social and emotional learning (SEL) instruction and student SEL outcomes. Teacher and student pairs were divided into two groups. Group A had access to IvySCIP for 20 weeks and Group B only had access to IvySCIP for 10 weeks starting in the 11^th week of the study.

After only 10 weeks educators in Group A who had used the IvySCIP reported improvements in student SEL behaviors on several validated measures. Those students continued to make gains throughout the 20 week intervention.

Students in Group B whose educators did not use IvySCIP did not make the same type of significant gains for the first 10 weeks.  IvySCIP was then introduced for this group in the 11^th week and students’ outcomes improved. For more information on pilot study outcomes and research, click here.