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Gao, Ruiqin; Raygoza, Alyssa; Distefano, Christine; Greer, Fred; Dowdy, Erin – School Psychology International, 2022
The Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17) is a popular screening instrument used by parents and clinicians to assess children's behavioral functioning. However, more schools are examining the potential of the PSC-17 as part of a Multi-Tier System of Support framework. To investigate the potential of the PSC-17 in the schools, a sample of 1,779…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Measures (Individuals), Screening Tests, Child Behavior
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Koon, Sharon; Petscher, Yaacov; Hughes, John – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the measures that make up each of the three separate accountability indices of school performance in South Carolina could be used to create an overall, reliable index of school performance. Data from public elementary, middle, and high schools in 2012/13 were used in confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Accountability, Educational Indicators, Performance Factors
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McDonell, James R.; Waters, Tracy J. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
This paper reports the development and validation of the Neighborhood Observation Scale, a 41 item measure of neighborhood physical appearance, social appearance, safety, and amenities. Three independent ratings were collected on each of 244 neighborhoods in 132 census block groups in five South Carolina counties, for a total of 732 observations.…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Child Abuse, Safety, Validity
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Betts, Joseph E.; Appleton, James J.; Reschly, Amy L.; Christenson, Sandra L.; Huebner, E. Scott – School Psychology Quarterly, 2010
The construct of student engagement is increasingly prevalent in the field of education, serving as the foundation of dropout prevention and high school reform initiatives. The purpose of this study was to further examine 1 measure of student engagement, the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI), designed to measure 2 subtypes of student engagement:…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Dropout Prevention, Reliability, Factor Structure
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Lam, Kristen S. L.; Aman, Michael G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
A key feature of autism is restricted repetitive behavior (RRB). Despite the significance of RRBs, little is known about their phenomenology, assessment, and treatment. The Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R) is a recently-developed questionnaire that captures the breadth of RRB in autism. To validate the RBS-R in an independent sample, we…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Phenomenology, Interrater Reliability, Factor Analysis