《小學學報》服務于中小學教育研究人員、教師教育者和實踐者已有一百多年的歷史。ESJ發表同行評議的文章，涉及教育理論和研究及其對教學實踐的影響。此外，ESJ還發表了一些文章，將兒童發展、認知心理學和社會學的最新研究與學校學習和教學聯系起來。

The Elementary School Journal has served researchers, teacher educators, and practitioners in the elementary and middle school education for more than one hundred years. ESJ publishes peer-reviewed articles that pertain to both education theory and research and their implications for teaching practice. In addition, ESJ presents articles that relate the latest research in child development, cognitive psychology, and sociology to school learning and teaching.