Teacher Report Forms

Teachers were asked to complete a child report form on each of their consented children during fall and spring of the prekindergarten year, spring of the kindergarten year, and spring of the 1st grade year.

Cooper-Farran Behavior Rating Scales:

Cooper-Farran Behavior Rating Scales (Cooper & Farran, 1991).  The Cooper-Farran is composed of 37 items in two subscales. The Interpersonal Skills subscale (IPS) includes 21 items and the Work-Related Skills (WRS) subscale includes 16 items. The IPS subscale measures how well children get along with peers and the teacher. The WRS subscale includes items about independent work, compliance with instructions, and memory for instructions. Items are rated on a 1-7 scale with descriptive phrases to “anchor” points 1, 3, 5, and 7.

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Adaptive Language Inventory (ALI):

Adaptive Language Inventory (Feagans & Farran, 1983; Feagans, Fendt, & Farran, 1995).  The ALI focuses on children’s comprehension and use of language in classroom settings in comparison to their peers and has been used both at the preschool and elementary levels. The measure consists of 18 items that focus on comprehension, production, rephrasing, spontaneity, listening, and fluency. Children are rated on a 1-5 scale.

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Academic Classroom Behavior Record (ACBR):

Academic Classroom Behavior Record (Farran, Bilbrey & Lipsey, 2003).  The Academic Classroom Behavior Record is composed of 9 items.  This scale includes items about school readiness, liking of school, and behavior problems.  The first six items are rated on a 1-7 scale with descriptive phrases to “anchor” points 1,3,5,7.  Items 7 and 9 are multiple choice items.  Item 8 is an item in which the rater checks all answers that apply. This instrument was only used with participating kindergarten and first grade teachers.

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