Differences between teacher reports on universal risk assessments. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith-Millman, Marissa K.; Flaspohler, Paul D.; Maras, Melissa A.; Splett, Joni Williams; Warmbold, Kristy; Dinnen, Hannah; Luebbe, Aaron
• Is Part Of: Advances in school mental health promotion. Volume 10:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 235
• Page End: 249
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Universal screening -- data use -- social-emotional learning; School children -- Mental health -- Periodicals; 371.71305
• DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2017.1333914
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1754-760X

Abstract

Abstract: Some universal behavioural 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 investigated whether teacher-reported risk assessment scores systematically differ between teachers and whether they differ across both deficit- and strengths-based risk assessment measures. Results from this study indicated that between 7.7 and 20.5% of the variance in risk assessment scores was attributable to between-teacher differences. These findings underscore the need to account for and control between-teacher differences in teacher-reported risk assessments.