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Evidence

The science behind the need, cited, not implied

We publish the research that establishes why developmental capability matters. We do not publish outcome claims for Alchemi-E before the measurement cycle exists to support them.

Education leaders reviewing research findings and progress data

The scale of it

What international research shows

1 in 7

adolescents worldwide, around 166 million, has a mental health condition.

World Health Organization, 2024

213 programmes

school-based programmes reviewed in a meta-analysis of social-emotional learning.

Durlak et al., Child Development, 2011

270,000+ students

included in that meta-analysis of school-based social-emotional learning.

Durlak et al., Child Development, 2011

11 percentile points

improvement in academic achievement reported across those SEL programmes, not an Alchemi-E outcome claim.

Durlak et al., Child Development, 2011

What the research establishes

Findings that shape the design

Teachers benefit from SEL training too.

A systematic review of 43 studies involving 3,004 teachers found improvements in social-emotional competence and wellbeing, and reductions in psychological distress. Results varied between interventions; these are not Alchemi-E outcome claims.

Oliveira et al., Frontiers in Psychology, 2021

SEL raises achievement.

A meta-analysis of 213 school programmes covering more than 270,000 students found social-emotional learning improved behaviour and lifted academic achievement by 11 percentile points.

Durlak et al., Child Development, 2011

The gains last.

A follow-up meta-analysis found academic, wellbeing and behavioural benefits persisted for years after programmes ended.

Taylor et al., Child Development, 2017

Self-control shapes whole lives.

Following 1,000 children to age 32, childhood self-control predicted adult health, finances and life outcomes, independent of IQ or background.

Moffitt et al., PNAS, 2011

Prolonged stress harms the developing brain.

Unmanaged toxic stress disrupts brain architecture, learning, memory and self-regulation.

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

Social-emotional skills predict success.

Perseverance, self-control and emotional regulation are strongly linked to academic achievement, wellbeing and later-life outcomes.

OECD, Skills for Social Progress, 2015

Adolescence is the window to act.

Developmental science identifies adolescence as a critical period for building self-control, resilience, decision-making and identity.

Dahl et al., Nature, 2018

Our own measurement

What we will publish, and when

Progress inside a school is tracked through short forms that teachers fill in to track their students’ growth at set points in the year. Once enough schools have completed full cycles, this page will carry named schools and what changed, in their words, not before.

References

Full citations

  1. Oliveira, S., Roberto, M. S., Pereira, N. S., Marques-Pinto, A., & Veiga-Simão, A. M. (2021). Impacts of Social and Emotional Learning Interventions for Teachers on Teachers’ Outcomes: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 677217.Read the source
  2. Durlak, J. A., Weissberg, R. P., Dymnicki, A. B., Taylor, R. D., & Schellinger, K. B. (2011). The Impact of Enhancing Students' Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405–432.Read the source
  3. Taylor, R. D., Oberle, E., Durlak, J. A., & Weissberg, R. P. (2017). Promoting Positive Youth Development Through School-Based SEL Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Follow-Up Effects. Child Development, 88(4), 1156–1171.Read the source
  4. Moffitt, T. E., et al. (2011). A Gradient of Childhood Self-Control Predicts Health, Wealth, and Public Safety. PNAS, 108(7), 2693–2698.Read the source
  5. Dahl, R. E., Allen, N. B., Wilbrecht, L., & Suleiman, A. B. (2018). Importance of Investing in Adolescence from a Developmental Science Perspective. Nature, 554, 441–450.Read the source
  6. OECD (2015). Skills for Social Progress: The Power of Social and Emotional Skills.Read the source
  7. Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University. Toxic Stress.Read the source
  8. World Health Organization (2024). Mental Health of Adolescents (fact sheet).Read the source

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