Predictive validity of the classroom strategies scale-observer form on statewide testing scores: An initial investigation Article

Reddy, LA, Fabiano, GA, Dudek, CM et al. (2013). Predictive validity of the classroom strategies scale-observer form on statewide testing scores: An initial investigation . SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY, 28(4), 301-316. 10.1037/spq0000041

cited authors

  • Reddy, LA; Fabiano, GA; Dudek, CM; Hsu, L

authors

abstract

  • The present study examined the validity of a teacher observation measure, the Classroom Strategies Scale-Observer Form (CSS), as a predictor of student performance on statewide tests of mathematics and English language arts. The CSS is a teacher practice observational measure that assesses evidence-based instructional and behavioral management practices in elementary school. A series of two-level hierarchical generalized linear models were fitted to data of a sample of 662 third- through fifth-grade students to assess whether CSS Part 2 Instructional Strategy and Behavioral Management Strategy scale discrepancy scores (i.e., ∑ recommended frequency - frequency ratings) predicted statewide mathematics and English language arts proficiency scores when percentage of minority students in schools was controlled. Results indicated that the Instructional Strategy scale discrepancy scores significantly predicted mathematics and English language arts proficiency scores: Relatively larger discrepancies on observer ratings of what teachers did versus what should have been done were associated with lower proficiency scores. Results offer initial evidence of the predictive validity of the CSS Part 2 Instructional Strategy discrepancy scores on student academic outcomes. © 2013 American Psychological Association.

publication date

  • December 1, 2013

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start page

  • 301

end page

  • 316

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 4