About the Measure
| Domains | Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | ESBA requires teachers to rate pupils' social behaviours on a 3-point scale. |
| Example | Resolves peer conflicts adequately without teacher assistance |
| Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1534508414557562 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 12 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Teacher |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 5-12 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .91-.95 |
| Test retest | After 8 weeks r= [.71,.78] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Single-factor ob |
| CFA | Chi-square(54)= 508.5 p < .001 CFI= .98 TLI= .974 SRMR= .08 Chi-square(54)= 1416.8 p <.000 CFI= .98 TLI= .97 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Walker–McConnell Scale of Social Competence, r= .84; Brief Behavior Rating Scale, = .77; Social Skills Rating Scale Teacher’s form, r= [.63,.70] |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Arnesen, A., Smolkowski, K., Ogden, T., & Melby-Lervåg, M. (2017). Validation of the Elementary Social Behavior Assessment: Teacher ratings of students’ social skills adapted to Norwegian, Grades 1 to 6. Manuscript submitted for publication. Pennefather, J., & Smolkowski, K. (2015). Validation of the Elementary Social Behavior Assessment: A measure of student prosocial school behaviors. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 40(3), 143-154. doi:10.1177/1534508414557562 |