ERIC Number: EJ939982
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Oct
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1098-3007
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Development and Initial Validation of a Measure to Assess Factors Related to Sustainability of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
McIntosh, Kent; MacKay, Leslie D.; Hume, Amanda E.; Doolittle, Jennifer; Vincent, Claudia G.; Horner, Robert H.; Ervin, Ruth A.
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, v13 n4 p208-218 Oct 2011
Sustainability of effective practices in schools is a critical area for research in any domain. The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate the validity and reliability of a recently developed research instrument designed to evaluate schools' capacity to sustain school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) efforts at the universal tier. The "School-Wide Universal Behavior Sustainability Index-School Teams" (SUBSIST) was created to assess factors (of the context, implementer practices, and outcomes) that enhance or prevent sustainability of SWPBS. Content of the web-based survey was identified through literature review, and initial validation analyses included ratings of content validity by an expert panel (n = 21) and assessment of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, interrater reliability, and concurrent validity (with SWPBS fidelity of implementation data) through a pilot study (n = 25). Results indicated strong psychometric properties for assessing sustainability. The authors discuss the results in terms of future research in enhancing SWPBS sustainability. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Content Validity, Validity, Interrater Reliability, Psychometrics, Internet, Student Behavior, Educational Research, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Adults, Adult Education, Evaluation Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Primary Education
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Language: English
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