General Information

Behavior Rating Profile - Second Edition (BRP-2) is a unique battery containing six norm-referenced instruments for measuring a student's behavior at home, at school, and from the various perspectives of parents, teachers, peers, and the students themselves. It includes Student Rating Scales (3), Parent Rating Scales (2), and Teacher Rating Scales (1). Information below pertains to the Parent Rating Scale.

Number of Versions:	3
Version:	Parent Version
Author(s):	Linda Brown & Donald D. Hammill
Date of Publication:	1990
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Available
Time to Administer:	30 minutes
Charge for one form or kit:	Yes

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 6 through 18 years old
Method of Administration:	Individual
Source of Information:	Parent
Subtests and Scores:	No scales
Number of Items:	30
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	1,948
Population:	Nationally stratified.
Culture/ethnicity:	Matches 1985 Statistical Abstract.
SES Level:	Matches 1985 Statistical Abstract.

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.84 to 0.91
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.82 to 0.91

Validity: 

 Criterion validity was assessed and found to be acceptable.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	Teacher
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	PRO-ED

Notes

Original Reference(s):	Brown, L. L., & Hammill, D. D. (1983). Behavior Rating Profile: An ecological approach to behavioral assessment. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Other Reference(s):	Reisberg, L. E., Fudell, I., & Hudson, Fl. (1982). Comparison of responses to the Behavior Rating Profile for mild to moderate behaviorally disordered subjects. Psychological Reports, 50 (1), 136-138. Brown, L., Hammill, D. D., & Sherbenou, R. J. (1981). The reliability of four measures of children's behavior with deviant populations. Behavioral Disorders, 6 (3), 180-182.
	Reviewed in the Buros Institute, Mental Measurements Yearbook. http://www.unl.edu/buros/

Contact

Organization:	PRO-ED
Address:	8700 Shoal Creek Blvd
City:	Austin
State:	TX
Zip:	78757-6897
Phone:	(800) 897-3202
Fax:	(800) 397-7633
E-mail:	tmaddox@proedinc.com
Website:	http://www.proedinc.com

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007