Using the SSIS Assessments with Australian Students: A Comparative Analysis of Test Psychometrics to the US Normative Sample

Autor/inn/en	Sherbow, Amanda; Kettler, Ryan J.; Elliott, Stephen N.; Davies, Michael; Dembitzer, Leah
Titel	Using the SSIS Assessments with Australian Students: A Comparative Analysis of Test Psychometrics to the US Normative Sample
Quelle	In: School Psychology International, 36 (2015) 3, S.313-321 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-0343
DOI	10.1177/0143034315574767
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Psychometrics; Test Norms; Interpersonal Competence; Screening Tests; Rating Scales; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary School Students; Test Reliability; Correlation; Probability; Test Validity; Australia; United States; Social Skills Rating System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testnorm; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Screening-Verfahren; Rating-Skala; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Testreliabilität; Korrelation; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Testvalidität; Australien; USA
Abstract	The Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS; Gresham & Elliott, 2008) is a multiple stage, broadband system for assessing and intervening with children in preschool through 12th grade originally normed in the USA. Two of the assessment components of this system were analysed: (a) the Performance Screening Guides (PSGs); and (b) the Rating Scales (RSs). Australian teachers in Ipswich (N?=?15) and South Brisbane (N?=?30) rated their elementary school students with the SSIS. This study's objective was to compare the psychometric properties of an Australian sample of students to the US-based normative sample to determine the transferability of the measure among English speaking populations. Internal consistency reliability was good for both samples across both measures. Correlations between PSGs and RSs domains were similar within the two countries. Conditional probability analyses indicated the PSGs work as the first stage of a multiple gating procedure. Overall, the psychometric data, based on a sample of Australian students, demonstrated similar results to the large US-based normative sample, suggesting that the reliability of scores and the validity of ensuing inferences for the SSIS measures are generalizable for child assessment purposes. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01