Study
Triangulating student, parent and teacher reports
What happens when the same skill is rated by three different people.
Compared student self-reports with parent and teacher ratings of the same children. The three sources agree far less than is usually assumed, which is why SSES fields all three rather than treating any one as the measure.
Part of Measurement comparability SSES: Social and Emotional Skills
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Published as
- 2019Assessing students' social and emotional skills through triangulation of assessment methodsOECD Education Working Papers DOIWorking paper