General Information

The Teacher-Child Rating Scale consists of 32 items assessing different aspects of a child's socio-emotional adjustment. Items are grouped into four empirically derived scales assessing the following: 1) Task Orientation, 2) Behavior Control, 3) Assertiveness, and 4) Peer Social Skills.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Teacher-Child Rating Scale 2.1
Author(s):	A. Dirk Hightower, William C. Work, Emory L. Cowen, Bohdan S. Lotyczewski, Arline P. Spinell, John C. Guare, Cynthia A. Rohrbeck
Date of Publication:	1986
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
Population for which designed:	Grade Level: Preschool to Sixth Grade
Method of Administration:	Individual
Source of Information:	Teacher
Subtests and Scores:	Task Orientation, Behavior Control, Assertiveness, Peer Social Skills
Number of Items:	32
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	1,379
Population:	200 teachers rated K-6th graders
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Caucasian
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.61 to 0.91
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.85 to 0.95

Validity: 

Criterion validity data has not been presented or published in study.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual and Computer Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Primary Mental Health Project, Inc.

Notes

Original Reference(s):	Hightower, A. D., Work, W. C., Cowen, E. L., Lotyczewski, B. S. Spinell, A. P., Guare, J. C., & Rohrbeck, C. A. (1986). The Teacher-Child Rating Scale: A brief objective measure of elementary children's school problem behaviors and competencies. School Psychology Review, 15 (3), 393-409.
Other Reference(s):	Weissberg, R. P., Cowen, E. L. Loyyczewski, B. S., Boike, M. F., Orara, N. A., Stalonas, P., & Sterling, S. (1987). Teacher ratings of children's problem and competence behaviors: Normative and parametric characteristcs. American Journal of Community Psychology, 15 (4), 387-401. Cowen, E. L., Wyman, P. A., Work, W. C., Kim, J. Y., Fagen, D. B., & Magnus, K. B. (1997). Follow-up study of young stress-affected and stress-resilient urban children. Development and Psychopathology, 9, 565-577.
Other:	The charge for a kit, including one manual and one form, is $40.00.

Contact

Name:	McKenzie Keenan
Organization:	Children's Institute, Inc.
Address:	274 N. Goodman Street, Suite D103
City:	Rochester
State:	NY
Zip:	14607
Phone:	(585) 295-1000
Fax:	(585) 295-1090
E-mail:	ckeenan@childrensinstitute.net
Website:	http://www.childrensinstitute.net/

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007