Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Expert Notes AvailableView expert commentary on strengths and cautions for this instrument
Strengths
Easy to use, can be completed by teachers or parents, only takes 12 minutes to administer, widely used and validated in the ECLS-B.
Cautions
Only available for use with children ages 3 through 6 years, so not a good choice for studies with older children or longitudinal studies that go past kindergarten.
The Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales–Second Edition (PKBS-2) is a behavior rating scale designed to assess young children’s social skills and problem behaviors. It provides a balanced view of both positive and challenging behaviors, making it useful for understanding children’s overall social-emotional development in early learning settings.
The PKBS-2 includes subscales for social cooperation, social interaction, and externalizing behavior problems, which are particularly relevant to classroom functioning. Teachers or caregivers complete the scale based on their observations of the child’s behavior. The PKBS-2 was developed specifically for preschool and kindergarten-aged children, rather than adapted from tools for older students, and has been shown to have strong reliability and validity. It is often used for screening, progress monitoring, and program evaluation in early childhood education and intervention programs.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
Pre-Kindergarten,
Kindergarten
Languages
English,
Spanish,
French,
German,
Portuguese (Portugal)
Respondent
Teacher,
Parent
Administration Information
Length
76 items
Qualifications
Level B
Access and Use
Price
$170 (USD)
Contact
Stoleting Co.
Email: INFO@STOELTINGCO.COM
Phone: 1-800-860-9775
Open Access
No
