Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Teachers were asked to complete one for each student in their class as a way to identify high-risk children. Teachers were asked to describe, among other things, whether the child completed assignments, was friendly, broke rules, was disobedient, fought, or yelled at others. Teachers used a Likert scale of 0 to 5, with responses including almost never (0), rarely (1), sometimes (2), often (3), very often (4), and almost always (5). The original measure was 16 items, later revised by discarding two and adding 21 more. The items are aggregated into four subscales (Overt Aggression Subscale, Oppositional Subscale, Covert Antisocial Subscale, Authority Acceptance Subscale). For those looking for a scale with less cost and time to administer than the structured interview session, the TOCA-C was been developed in 2009. The TOCA-Checklist is a written, checklist-based version of the TOCA-R. Subscore(s): Aggression, Authority, Opposition
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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
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Self Management ; Relationship Skills ; Social Awareness ; Aggression ; Authority ; Opposition
Languages
English
Respondent
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
35 minutes
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
Dr. Sheppard Kellam
skellam@jhu.edu (410) 614-0680
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
See technical manual: https://www.fasttrackproject.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/shf1tech-1.pdf
