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Differences Between-teacher-Reports on Universal Risk Assessments: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Universal Screening of Student Behavior

Millman, Marissa Kate
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1416307832

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2015, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Schools across the country universally screen students to identify those at risk of developing behavioral problems. Some screening processes require classroom teachers to complete a risk assessment measure on each student in their class, leading to a possible, but unexplored, problem; risk assessment scores may be influenced by the teacher completing the measure. The current study is the first to investigate whether teacher-reported risk assessment scores systematically differ between-teachers, and, in turn, whether these differences affect the relationship between strengths-based risk assessment scores and problem behavior. Classroom teachers completed a universal screener on 660 kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade students in an urban school district (M[age]=7.29 years). Researchers also obtained office discipline referral data to serve as a measure of problem behavior. Results indicated that 20.5% of the variance in risk assessment scores is attributed to between-teacher differences. Despite the presence of teacher differences, the relationship between the strengths-based risk assessment and problem behavior remained significant. These findings underscore the need to account for and control between-teacher differences in teacher-reported risk assessments.
Paul Flaspohler (Committee Chair)
Aaron Luebbe (Committee Member)
Vaishali Raval (Committee Member)
23 p.
Psychology
universal screening, student behavior, rater differences

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  • Millman, M. K. (2015). Differences Between-teacher-Reports on Universal Risk Assessments: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Universal Screening of Student Behavior [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1416307832

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Millman, Marissa. Differences Between-teacher-Reports on Universal Risk Assessments: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Universal Screening of Student Behavior. 2015. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1416307832.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Millman, Marissa. "Differences Between-teacher-Reports on Universal Risk Assessments: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Universal Screening of Student Behavior." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1416307832

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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