Child Rating Scale (CRS)
General Information on the Measure | |
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Purpose of the measure | The CRS is used as a screening measure to rate a child's socio-emotional behaviors. |
Main constructs measured | Intrapersonal competencies; Interpersonal competencies |
Applicable grade levels | Grades K-5 |
Publication year for the most recent version | No information available in the references reviewed. |
Year originally developed | 1987 |
Related measures | |
Measure Administration | |
Respondent | Student |
Method of administration | Paper/Pencil |
Number of items | 24 |
Item format | Three-point rating scale |
Administration time | No information available in the references reviewed. |
Available languages | English |
Fee for use | Fee charged by developer |
Credentials required for administration | None |
Scoring | |
Overall score reporting | No overall scores are reported. |
Subscore reporting | Four subscale scores: rule compliance/acting out |
Scoring procedures | CRS is self-scored based on scoring guide provided by the assessment developers. |
Interpretive information | Standardized on a nationally representative sample. |
Evidence of Technical Quality | |
Populations for which technical quality evidence has been collected | Over 2,000 1st-6th grade children in five samples from urban and suburban schools in the Rochester, NY area. |
Reliability evidence | Cronbach's alpha was calculated for each grade level in each sample. Alpha estimates ranted from 0.36 to 0.83 (Hightower et al, 1987). 4 and 10 week test-retest reliabilities were also estimated for several samples, and range from 0.21 to 0.86. |
Validity evidence |
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Locating the Measure | |
Obtaining a copy of the measure | childrensinstitute.net |
References | |
Hightower, A. D., Cowen, E. L., Spinell, A. P., Lotyczewski, B. S., Guare, J. C., Rohrbeck, C. A., & Brown, L. P. , "The Child Rating Scale: The development of a socioemotional self-rating scale for elementary school children," School Psychology Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1987, pp. 239–255. Spielberger, C. D. , "State-trait anxiety inventory for children," Consulting Psychologists Press. | |
Notes | |
Measure summary updated October 3, 2018.