Article archive / August 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 12. Source pages: 6.
Dr. Stacy Overstreet Teacher and Student Agreement About Risk Status of Students Ilana Elias, Shereen Naser, Sarah Kurash, Sarah Golberg and Paulette Carter, MSW
Dr. Stacy Overstreet, Chair of the Psychology Department at Tulane, will present research on “Teacher and Student Agreement Regarding Behavioral and Emotional Risk Status of Students,” in the APA poster session on “Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making in Schools.”
Overstreet’s co-authors are Ilana Elias, Shereen Naser, Sarah Kurash, and Sarah Goldberg, all Tulane student researchers. Paulette Carter, MSW, MPH, and CEO of Children’s Bureau of New Orleans, is also a co-author.
Their study examined teacher and student agreement on the Behavior and Emotional Screening System, the “BESS,” a measure that provides a reliable estimate for identifying students at risk for behavioral and emotional problems.
The sample was 166 4th through 8th grade students and their homeroom teachers. Students were predominately African-American and attending a public charter school.
The researchers found a moderate, significant correlation between the overall BESS T-scores derived from teacher and student reports. Teachers identified many more students (42.6%) as being at risk than students (18.9%). And, teachers’ BESS scores significantly predicted suspensions and GPA.
Dr. Stacy Overstreet
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