Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems
Teacher rating scales are broadly used for psycho-educational assessment in schools. In particular, they play an important role in screening students for social, emotional, and behavioral problems. In order to optimize the efficiency of these measures, it is important to minimize the number of items...
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| description | Teacher rating scales are broadly used for psycho-educational assessment in schools. In particular, they play an important role in screening students for social, emotional, and behavioral problems. In order to optimize the efficiency of these measures, it is important to minimize the number of items comprising them while maintaining sound psychometric characteristics. This study examines the measurement efficiency of a teacher rating scale for student social, emotional, and behavioral risk. The goal was to shorten an existing behavior screening tool. A total of 139 classroom teachers and 2566 students from Grades 1–6 (M<sub>age</sub> = 8.96 years, SD = 1.61) participated in the study. In sum, 35 items assessing internalizing and externalizing behavior problems were analyzed applying the item response theory (generalized partial credit model). The results show that social, emotional, and behavioral risks can be captured with a total of 12 items. This reduction of almost 66% of the initial item pool would take teachers about 90 s to fill out for one student. Thus, the rating scale can be used by teachers in an efficient yet psychometrically sound manner. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2308f105ea0140c09ef14243bfc1dc882023-11-17T11:55:35ZengMDPI AGJournal of Intelligence2079-32002023-03-011135710.3390/jintelligence11030057Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral ProblemsGino Casale0Moritz Herzog1Robert J. Volpe2School of Education, Institute for Educational Research, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, GermanySchool of Education, Institute for Educational Research, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, GermanyDepartment of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USATeacher rating scales are broadly used for psycho-educational assessment in schools. In particular, they play an important role in screening students for social, emotional, and behavioral problems. In order to optimize the efficiency of these measures, it is important to minimize the number of items comprising them while maintaining sound psychometric characteristics. This study examines the measurement efficiency of a teacher rating scale for student social, emotional, and behavioral risk. The goal was to shorten an existing behavior screening tool. A total of 139 classroom teachers and 2566 students from Grades 1–6 (M<sub>age</sub> = 8.96 years, SD = 1.61) participated in the study. In sum, 35 items assessing internalizing and externalizing behavior problems were analyzed applying the item response theory (generalized partial credit model). The results show that social, emotional, and behavioral risks can be captured with a total of 12 items. This reduction of almost 66% of the initial item pool would take teachers about 90 s to fill out for one student. Thus, the rating scale can be used by teachers in an efficient yet psychometrically sound manner.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/11/3/57universal screeningitem response theorybehavior problemsschool-based assessment |
| spellingShingle | Gino Casale Moritz Herzog Robert J. Volpe Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems Journal of Intelligence universal screening item response theory behavior problems school-based assessment |
| title | Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems |
| title_full | Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems |
| title_fullStr | Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems |
| title_short | Measurement Efficiency of a Teacher Rating Scale to Screen for Students at Risk for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems |
| title_sort | measurement efficiency of a teacher rating scale to screen for students at risk for social emotional and behavioral problems |
| topic | universal screening item response theory behavior problems school-based assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/11/3/57 |
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