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Kathleen Lynne Lane; Wendy Peia Oakes; Mark Matthew Buckman; Nathan Allen Lane; Katie Scarlett Lane; Kandace Fleming; Rebecca E. Swinburne Romine; Rebecca L. Sherod; Chi-Ning Chang; Emily Dawn Cantwell – Behavioral Disorders, 2024
In this article, we examined predictive validity of the newly defined "Student Risk Screening Scale--Internalizing and Externalizing" (SRSS-IE 9, with nine items) when used by teachers for the first time, with a sample of 24,535 elementary students from 74 schools in four U.S. geographic regions. Results indicated fall externalizing and…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Predictive Validity, At Risk Students, Scores
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Lucy C. Sorensen; Shawn D. Bushway; Elizabeth J. Gifford – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
Nationwide, school principals are given wide discretion to use disciplinary tools like suspension and expulsion to create a safe learning environment. There is legitimate concern that this power can have negative consequences, particularly for the students who are excluded. This study uses linked disciplinary, education, and criminal justice…
Descriptors: Discipline, Juvenile Justice, Middle School Students, Crime
Brittanie Amber Doaks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Trauma-informed practices are gaining momentum in educational settings. This growth is in part due to the knowledge we are learning about childhood trauma and how it impacts children well into adulthood. The more we know about the impact of childhood trauma, the more crucial it is for schools to utilize trauma-informed practices. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Rural Schools
Lucy C. Sorensen; Shawn D. Bushway; Elizabeth J. Gifford – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Nationwide, school principals are given wide discretion to use disciplinary tools like suspension and expulsion to create a safe learning environment. There is legitimate concern that this power can have negative consequences, particularly for the students who are excluded. This study uses linked disciplinary, education, and criminal justice…
Descriptors: Discipline, Juvenile Justice, Middle School Students, Crime
Looney, David – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study examined the relationship between executive function and externalizing behaviors within a student population that was assessed for special education services. Executive function was measured by using the Comprehensive Executive Function Inventory (CEFI). Externalizing behaviors and school problems was measured using the Behavior…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Behavior Problems, Rating Scales, Measures (Individuals)
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Ashworth, Emma; Humphrey, Neil; Lendrum, Ann; Hennessey, Alexandra – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
This mixed-methods study examines two moderators of the impact of the Good Behavior Game--implementation variability, participant risk status, and the interaction between them--as predictors of behavioral and academic outcomes. Quantitative data from 38 primary schools were utilized, with outcome data collected at baseline and 2-year follow-up.…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Intervention, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students
Jeonghyeok Kim – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Each year, over a thousand public schools in the US close due to declining enrollments and chronic low performance, displacing hundreds of thousands of students. Using Texas administrative data and empirical strategies that use within-student across-time and within-school across-cohort variation, I explore the impact of school closures on…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Closing, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of large-scale public preschool in Boston on college-going, college preparation, standardized test scores, and behavioral outcomes. Preschool enrollment boosts college attendance, as well as SAT test-taking and high school graduation. Preschool also decreases several disciplinary measures…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Access to Education, Public Education
Mackenzie N. Wink – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Existing research has established that many teachers experience high stress and burnout, which negatively impacts their own well-being and their classroom practices and strategies for managing misbehavior. However, gaps exist in understanding how teachers' internal social-emotional characteristics, such as empathy, compassion for their students'…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Stress Variables, Daily Living Skills, Altruism
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Kilgus, Stephen P.; von der Embse, Nathaniel P.; Eklund, Katie; Izumi, Jared; Peet, Casie; Meyer, Lauren; Taylor, Crystal N. – School Psychology, 2019
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability, validity, and accuracy of scores from the Intervention Selection Profile--Function (ISP-Function): a brief functional assessment tool founded upon Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) methodology. Participants included 34 teacher-student dyads. Using the ISP-Function, teachers rated the extent to…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Accuracy, Intervention
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Garcia, Allen G.; Lambert, Matthew C.; Epstein, Michael H.; Cullinan, Douglas – School Mental Health, 2019
The present study examined the measurement properties of the Emotional and Behavioral Screener (EBS), a universal screening instrument which identifies students presenting with emotional and behavioral problems. The primary research questions sought to examine the degree to which the EBS item responses fit the Rasch model through evaluating fit of…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, Behavior Rating Scales, Emotional Disturbances
Kilgus, Stephen P.; von der Embse, Nathaniel P.; Eklund, Katie; Izumi, Jared; Peet, Casie; Meyer, Lauren; Taylor, Crystal N. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose this study was to evaluate the reliability, validity, and accuracy of scores from the "Intervention Selection Profile--Function (ISP-Function)": a brief functional assessment tool founded upon Direct Behavior Rating (DBR) methodology. Participants included 34 teacher-student dyads. Using the ISP-Function, teachers rated the…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Accuracy, Intervention
Kim, Helyn; Cameron, Claire E.; Kelly, Cara A.; West, Hall; Mashburn, Andrew J.; Grissmer, David W. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
This study extended existing work on the Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System (inCLASS), established as a measure of preschool-age children's observed interactions in the four domains of Teacher Interactions, Peer Interactions, Task Orientation, and Negative Engagement. Our sample included kindergarten-age children (N = 117; mean age…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Interaction, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship
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Gonzálvez, Carolina; Inglés, Cándido J.; Sanmartín, Ricardo; Vicent, María; Gisbert, Belén; García-Fernández, José M. – School Mental Health, 2018
The objectives of this study were twofold. Firstly, it attempted to validate the scores of the Youth Life Orientation Test in Spanish children. Secondly, it had the objective of estimating the mean differences in scores and predictive capability of optimism and pessimism for school refusal. The sample consisted of Spanish students between the ages…
Descriptors: Scores, Predictor Variables, Test Validity, Psychological Patterns
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Allwood, Matt; Allen, Kate; Price, Anna; Hayes, Rachel; Edwards, Vanessa; Ball, Susan; Ukoumunne, Obioha C; Ford, Tamsin – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
This paper assesses the reliability and validity of the teacher-completed Pupil Behaviour Questionnaire (PBQ), by comparing it to the already extensively validated teacher-completed Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Participants included 2074 primary school children participating in a universal school-based trial and 41 vulnerable…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Screening Tests, Questionnaires
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