Abstract
The present study used data for 30 classes across 10 middle and high school teachers to evaluate the stability of class-level ratings on the Responsive Environmental Assessment for Classroom Teaching across time. Teachers collected data on 2 occasions and students’ ratings (N = 806) were aggregated to the class-level. Classes were arranged into 2 groups on the basis of the latency between repeated administrations (Mgroups = 8.1 and 15.1 weeks). Correlations between class ratings were slightly larger among classes in the first group (range=. 73 to. 87) relative to the second group (range=.62 to. 75) which had a larger gap in time between data collections. Results provide evidence for the stability of students’ perceptions of the instructional environment when those ratings are interpreted at the level of a class and support ongoing work to establish norms and benchmarks to guide interpretation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 254-267 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Applied School Psychology |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 15 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
- Assessment
- Classroom environment
- Student perceptions