General Information

The Conners' Rating Scales - Revised (CRS-R) are a result of 30 years of research on childhood and adolescent psychopathology and problem behavior. The CRS-R assess for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents (aged 3-17), and can measure treatment changes and outcome assessment purposes. The CRS-R are composed of the parent rating scale, teacher rating scale and adolescent self-report scale, all of which come in a long version, taking 15-20 minutes to complete, and a short version, taking 5-10 minutes to complete. The information below pertains to the teacher rating scale.

Number of Versions:	3
Version:	Teacher
Author(s):	C. Keith Conners, Ph.D.
Date of Publication:	1997
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Available
Charge for one form or kit:	Yes

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Conduct Problems, Cognitive Problems, Anxiety Problems, Social Problems.
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 3 through 17 years old
Method of Administration:	Individual
Source of Information:	Teacher
Subtests and Scores:	Oppositional, Social Problems, Cognitive Problems/Inattention, DSM-IV Symptom Subscales, Hyperactivity, Conners' ADHD Index, Anxious-Shy, Conners' Global Index, Perfectionism
Number of Items:	59
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	8,000
Population:	Not reported by author(s).
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, Hispanic/Latino, Native-American, Other
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.47 to 0.86
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.77 to 0.96

Validity: 

 Criterion validity was assessed and found to be acceptable.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual and Computer Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	Masters Degree
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Interested customers must contact Multi-Health Systems and once deemed qualified, can purchase test materials.

Notes

Original Reference(s):	Conners, C. K. (1973). Rating scales for use in drug studies with children. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 9, 24-29.
Other Reference(s):	Conners, C.K., Parker, J.D.A., Sitarenios, G., & Epstein, J.N. (1998). The Revised Conners' Parent Rating Scale (CPRS-R): Factor structure, reliability, and criterion validity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 257-268. Conners, C.K., Sitarenios, G., Parker, J.D.A., & Epstein, J.N. (1998). Revision and restandardization of the Conners Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS-R): Factor structure, reliability, and criterion validity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 279-291. Conners, C.K., Wells, K.C., Parker, J.D.A., Sitarenios, G., Diamond, J.M., & Powell, J.W. (1997). A new self-report scale for the assessment of adolescent psychopathology: Factor structure, reliability, validity and diagnostic sensitivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 25, 487-497.
Other:	Spanish and French-Canadian versions are available. Extensive norm information can be found in the manual. Short version of the self-report rating scale consists of 27 items and takes between 5 and 10 minutes to complete.
	Reviewed in the Buros Institute, Mental Measurements Yearbook. http://www.unl.edu/buros/

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Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007