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Evaluating a Unified Screener for Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Problems
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Sean N. Weeks; Tyler L. Renshaw; Allysia A. Rainey; Aubrey Hiatt – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2024
Internalizing and externalizing problems are common targets for school mental health screening. Prior research supports the interpretation of scores from the Youth Internalizing Problems Screener (YIPS) and the Youth Externalizing Problems Screener (YEPS), which were developed separately yet intended as companion measures. We extended previous…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Screening Tests, Behavior Problems, Mental Health
Examining the Factorial Structure of the T-CRS 2.1
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Weber, Melissa R.; Lotyczewski, Bohdan S.; Montes, Guillermo; Hightower, A. Dirk; Allan, Marjorie – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
The factor structure of the Teacher-Child Rating Scale (T-CRS 2.1) was examined using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A cross-sectional study was carried out on 68,497 children in prekindergarten through Grade 10. Item reduction was carried out based on modification indices, standardized residual covariance, and standardized factor loadings. A…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Factor Structure, Children, Test Items
The Role of Assessment in a Response to Intervention Model
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Crawford, Lindy – Preventing School Failure, 2014
This article discusses the role of assessment in a response-to-intervention model. Although assessment represents only 1 component in a response-to-intervention model, a well-articulated assessment system is critical in providing teachers with reliable data that are easily interpreted and used to make instructional decisions. Three components of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Models, Response to Intervention, Student Evaluation
Response to Intervention with Secondary School Students with Reading Difficulties
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Vaughn, Sharon; Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
The authors summarize evidence from a multiyear study with secondary students with reading difficulties on (a) the potential efficacy of primary-level (Tier 1), secondary-level (Tier 2), and tertiary-level (Tier 3) interventions in remediating reading difficulties with middle school students, (b) the likelihood of resolving reading disabilities…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Intervention
Examining the Utility of the PCL:SV as a Screening Measure Using Competing Factor Models of Psychopathy
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Guy, Laura S.; Douglas, Kevin S. – Psychological Assessment, 2006
The correspondence between the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV; S. D. Hart, D. N. Cox, & R. D. Hare, 1995) and the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991, 2003) was examined in forensic (N = 175) and correctional (N = 188) samples. Intermeasure correlations for Total scores (0.95 forensic, 0.94…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Screening Tests, Models, Mental Disorders
The Ordering of Milestones in Language Development for Children from 1 to 6 Years of Age
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Luinge, Margreet R.; Post, Wendy J.; Wit, Hero P.; Goorhuis-Brouwer, Sieneke M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: To scale language milestones in a group of 527 children to provide an instrument for screening language development. Procedure: The questionnaire regarding these milestones was completed by parental report. It was evaluated whether the scaled milestones satisfied the assumptions of the Mokken item response model. Results: The scalability…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Measures (Individuals)