PO461: Teacher and Assistant Teacher BESS Ratings in Preschools

  • PMD: 4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 2: Assessment and Intervention in an RTI Framework

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. recognize behaviors related to behavioral and social–emotional risk,
  2. know how to respond to indicators of behavioral and social–emotional risk, and
  3. recognize factors applicable to the selection of behavioral and social–emotional risk screening instruments.

Description

We explore BESS TRS-P ratings from different perspectives to determine if assistant ratings are psychometrically equivalent to teachers. Benefits include greater understanding of ratings across groups.

Presenter(s)

Fred W. Greer, University of South Carolina
Christine DiStefano, University of South Carolina

Contributor(s)

Huijuan Wang

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