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The State of Preschool 2011: State Preschool Yearbook
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Barnett, W. Steven; Carolan, Megan E.; Fitzgerald, Jen; Squires, James H. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2011
The "2011 State Preschool Yearbook" is the newest edition of our annual report profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This latest "Yearbook" presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2010-2011 school year as well as documenting a decade of progress since the first…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Evaluation, Yearbooks
Validity of the Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior.
Sturmey, Peter; Bertman, Lisa J. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1994
The validity of the subscales of the Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior in an institutional population was examined by correlating these scores with the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults, the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, and programmatic measures. Results support previous research on Reiss total score validity, though…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Check Lists, Disability Identification, Institutionalized Persons
Development, Reliability, and Validity of a Child Dissociation Scale.
Putnam, Frank W.; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1993
Evaluation of the Child Dissociative Checklist found it to be a reliable and valid observer report measure of dissociation in children, including sexually abused girls and children with dissociative disorder and with multiple personality disorder. The checklist, which is appended, is intended as a clinical screening instrument and research measure…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Psychological Evaluation
Correlations among the Reiss Screen, the Adaptive Behavior Scale Part II, and the Aberrant Behavior Checklist.
Walsh, Kevin K.; Shenouda, Nivine – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1999
Relations among instruments used in community mental-health services for people with developmental disabilities were explored with 284 individuals. Correlation coefficients were evaluated for statistical significance and effect size for subtests of the Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior, the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, and the Adaptive…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Community Programs, Comparative Analysis
The State of Preschool 2010: State Preschool Yearbook
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Barnett, W. Steven; Epstein, Dale J.; Carolan, Megan E.; Fitzgerald, Jen; Ackerman, Debra J.; Friedman, Allison H. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2010
The "2010 State Preschool Yearbook" is the eighth in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This latest Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2009-2010 school year. The first report in this series focused on programs for the 2001-2002 school year and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Evaluation, Yearbooks
Validity of an Observation Screening Instrument in a Multicultural Population.
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Alberts, Francine M.; And Others – Journal of Early Intervention, 1995
This study found that the Davis Observation Checklist for Texas, an observational teacher checklist for screening preschool children for communication disorders, demonstrated adequate sensitivity and specificity. The concurrent validity of the checklist was assessed with 59 multicultural children (ages 4 through 5), including Mexican Americans,…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Communication Disorders, Concurrent Validity
An Evaluative Review of Interview and Rating/Checklist Instruments for Assessing Social/Emotional Competence in Preschool Children.
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Hoge, Robert D.; Wichmann, Cherami – 1994
Noting that reliable and valid measures of competence are essential for preschool screening, diagnostic, and research purposes, this review for practitioners and researchers presents an inventory and evaluation of standardized measuring instruments designed for assessing social and emotional competence in preschool children. A total of 39…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Emotional Development, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Checklist Identification of Elementary Schoolboys for Clinical Referral or Evaluation of Eligibility for Special Education.
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Mattison, Richard E.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1993
The Achenbach and Edelbrock parent and teacher checklists were evaluated with boys, ages 6-11, with either severe emotional disturbance, psychiatric outpatient status, or in the general population. Logistic regression analyses showed the Total Problem scales of both checklists to be the most efficient and economical scales for classification.…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
The State of Preschool 2009: State Preschool Yearbook
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Barnett, W. Steven; Epstein, Dale J.; Friedman, Allison H.; Sansanelli, Rachel A.; Hustedt, Jason T. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2009
The "2009 State Preschool Yearbook" is the seventh in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This latest Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2008-2009 school year. The first report in this series focused on programs for the 2001-2002 school year and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Evaluation, Yearbooks
The Adolescent Behavior Checklist: Normative Data and Sensitivity and Specificity of a Screening Tool for Diagnosable Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents with Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities.
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Demb, Howard B.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
The Adolescent Behavior Checklist is a self-report scale used to assess the likelihood that an adolescent with mild mental retardation or borderline intelligence has a diagnosable mental illness. The scale was found to be more effective in screening in adolescents with psychiatric diagnoses than in screening out adolescents without psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists