The investigation involving six elementary school teachers and 120 students provides preliminary data in differentiating practice and regression effects on the Conners Abbreviated Parent-Teacher Questionnaire or Hyperkinesis Index. (SB)

The factorial validity and internal consistency reliability of the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Rating Scale were examined with a random sample of elementary school children. Given the problem of multicollinearity that was shown to exist among subscales, the authors suggest caution in the interpretation of Devereux subscales as discrete…

The stability of children's behavior disorders was studied, using Adelaide versions of the Conners teacher and parent rating scales, with 256 five to twelve year olds. Of the 20 scales, 14 had high or moderate test-retest stability over the one-year interval. Most scales also showed discrimination validity over this time. (Author/CL)

The object of the study was to investigate the effect of differences in format on the precision of teacher ratings and thus on the reliability and validity of two teacher rating scales of children's hyperactive behavior. Attributes assessed were motor restlssness, inattentiveness, impulsivity, and aggressiveness/emotional stability. (Author/DB)

High correlations were found suggesting excellent predictability between scales and considerable stability across time and rater. (Author/SBH)

A screening method for distinguishing speech and language disordered children (2 to 15 years old) with and without psychiatric disorders (N=256) involved cutoff scores for an easily administered parent and teacher behavior rating questionnaire. (CL)

Scores on the Children's Personality Questionnaire (CPQ) were correlated with scores from rating scale items measuring the same behavior as a CPQ scale for a normal sample of school children in grades 3 to 6 and on two referred groups, underachievers and children with behavior or social problems. (Author)

Described is the Hahnemann High School Behavior Rating Scale (HHSB), a 45-item rating scale which includes a simple rating guide for the teacher and a detachable profile sheet. (SBH)

Described is the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, a measure for evaluating the infant's motor, emotional, social, and cognitive development by providing typical interactive situations. (SBH)

Classroom teachers rated 291 schoolchildren, grades kindergarten through 6, on Conners' Teacher Rating Scale, developed for and used widely in drug studies in children. (Author)

Described is the Behavior Problem Checklist, a three-point scale for the rating of problem behavior traits occurring in childhood and adolescence. (SBH)