Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The BERS-2 measures personal strengths and competencies in children 5-18. The BERS-2 is a multi-modal assessment system that measures the child's behavior from three perspectives: the child (Youth Rating Scale), parent (Parent Rating Scale), and teacher or other professional (Teacher Rating Scale). The BERS-2 measures six aspects of a child's strength: interpersonal strength, involvement with family, intrapersonal strength, school functioning, affective strength, and career strength. Subscore(s): Interpersonal strength, Involvement with family, Intrapersonal strength, School functioning, Affective strength, Career strength.
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
< 3 Years,
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Self Management ; Self Awareness ; Relationship Skills ; Social Awareness ; Responsible Decision Making
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent
Administration Information
Length
10 minutes
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
Michael H. Epstein, EdD
Open Access
No
Setting
Anywhere,
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Buckley, J. A., & Epstein, M. H. (2004). The Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale-2 (BERS-2): Providing a comprehensive approach to strength-based assessment. The California School Psychologist, 9(1), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03340904
Buckley, J. A., Ryser, G., Reid, R., & Epstein, M. H. (2006). Confirmatory factor analysis of the behavioral and emotional rating scale - 2 (BERS-2) parent and youth rating scales. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15(1), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-005-9000-2
Epstein, M. H., Mooney, P., Ryser, G., & Pierce, C. D. (2004). Validity and reliability of the behavioral and emotional rating scale: Youth rating scale. Research on Social Work Practice, 14(5), 358-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731504265832
Harniss, M. K., Epstein, M. H., Ryser, G., & Pearson, N. (1999). The Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale: Convergent validity. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 17(1), 4-14. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F073428299901700101
Mooney, P., Epstein, M. H., Ryser, G., & Pierce, C. D. (2005). Reliability and validity of the behavioral and emotional rating scale-: Parent rating scale. Children & Schools, 27(3), 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/27.3.147
