Social-Emotional Testing
A placeholder while I find time to organize my thoughts on this.
People
Angela Duckworth (works supposedly on the psychology of grit and self-control)
http://angeladuckworth.com/about-angela/
Camille Farrington (non-cognitive factors and educational achievement, policy and all that)
https://uei.uchicago.edu/about/staff/camille-farrington
Non-cognitive tests are soon to be incorporated into national level standardized tests.
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
A non-profit pushing for such measures to become more standardized
http://www.transformingeducation.org/
Token NYTimes article for faster consumption
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/testing-for-joy-and-grit-schools-nationwide-push-to-measure-students-emotional-skills.html?module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=U.S.&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article
last updated march 2016