Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The assessment tool, developed by Gresham & Eliot (1990), is designed to help professionals screen and classify children with potential social behavior issues and guide the creation of appropriate interventions. It includes scales for Social Skills (Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy, Self-Control), Problem Behaviors (Externalizing, Bullying, Hyperactivity/Inattention, Internalizing), and Academic Competence (Reading Achievement, Math Achievement, Motivation to Learn).
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
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,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-BeingSelf‐Management ; Relationship Skills ; Responsible decision‐making (Lack of Risky/ Disruptive/Externalizing Behaviors and Internalizing Symptoms) ; Academic Competence
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent
Administration Information
Length
Item counts ranging from 34 to 57
Access and Use
Developer
Frank M. Gresham and Stephen N. Elliott
Price
See price information on Pearson's website: https://www.pearsonassessments.com/store/en/usd/p/100001940.html
Open Access
No
Setting
Classroom,
Other
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Demaray, M. K., Ruffalo, S. L., Carlson, J., Busse, R. T., Olson, A. E., McManus, S. M., & Leventhal, A. (1995). Social skills assessment: A comparative evaluation of six published rating scales. School Psychology Review, 24, 648‐671.
Diperna, J.C., & Volpe, R.J. (2005). Self-report on the Social Skills Rating System: Analysis of reliability and validity for an elementary sample. Psychology in the Schools, 42(4), 345-354.
Gresham, F. M., & Elliott, S. N. (1990). The Social Skills Rating System. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
Populations of Validation
"The SRSS tool was normed using an American sample of 4,170 children (self-rated), as well as a sample of 1,027 parents who rated their children, and a sample of 259 teachers who rated their students, all completed in 1988. According to the manual, the aforementioned samples consisted of students from a wide variety of educational classifications, including “learning-disabled”, “behaviourally-disordered”, and “mentally handicapped” children. Non-classified students accounted for approximately 82% of the samples. The majority of classified students were in the “learning-disabled” category (59%). In terms of race or ethnic representation, 27% of the samples consisted of “minority” students, compared to the U.S. population, which consists of 31% “minorities” according to 1988 statistics. Black, Hispanic, “Other,” and White are the indicated races in the manual." Source: University of Alberta
