SRSS-IE (Student Risk Screening Scale-Internalizing & Externalizing)
Developer: Lane & Menzies | Year: 2009.0
Overview
The Student Risk Screening Scale – Internalizing and Externalizing is a universal screening tool used three times per year to identify students who may be at risk for challenging, antisocial behavior. The SRSS-IE is conducted to better inform instruction. It is not used to exclude students from the instructional environment. Rather, it is used to select appropriate supports for students. The SRSS is not used independently to determine special education eligibility or make other high stakes decisions. The SRSS-IE, like all universal screening tools, is not used to label students. The SRSS-IE is not intended as an assessment of traits or personality. It should be used as one of multiple data sources to indicate student risk.
Key Details
Grade Level
Assessment Type
Domains Assessed
Respondent
Method
Cost
No Cost
Time per Student
2-5 min
Items
12.0
Item Format
Frequency
Approach
Risk
Populations
Evidence is based on a sample of 937 middle school students in the Southeastern United States (Lane et al., 2013).
Scoring
Overall Scores
Externalizing
Internalizing
Subscale Scores
None
Scoring Procedures
Self-Scored
Interpretive Information
Degree of Risk/Cut Scores
Psychometric Properties
Reliability
The internal consistency of the full scale (SRSS-IE14) yielded an alpha coefficient of .81 (Lane at al., 2013).
Validity
Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficients were computed between the SDQ scores (total and subscales) and the following SRSS scores: SRSS-E7 (the original 7 items), the SRSS-I5 (the new five items retained to assess internalizing behaviors), and SRSS-IE12 (all items from the SRSS-E7 and SRSS-I5) to establish convergent validity. Total scores ranged from 0 to 21 for the SRSS-E7, 0 to 15 for the SRSS-I5, and 0 to 36 for the SRSS-IE12. SRSS-I5 scores were significantly correlated with all SDQ scores. Correlation coefficients were moderately to highly positively and statistically significant for the Total Difficulties score (r = .39, p < .0001), the Emotional Symptoms (r = .53, p < .0001), and Peer Problems (r = .49, p < .0001) subscale (Lane et al., 2013).
References
Primary Citation
Lane, K. L. & Menzies, H. M. (2009). Student Risk Screening Scale for Early Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior (SRSS-IE). Screening scale. Available at Ci3t.org/screening.
Additional Citations
Lane, K. L., Oakes, W. P., Swogger, E. D., Schatschneider, C., Menzies, H., M., & Sanchez, J. (2015). Student risk screening scale for internalizing and externalizing behaviors: Preliminary cut scores to support data-informed decision making. Behavioral Disorders, 40, 159-170.
Lane, K. L., Oakes, W. P., Carter, E. W., Lambert, W. E., & Jenkins, A. B. (2013). Initial evidence for the reliability and validity of the Student Risk Screening Scale for internalizing and externalizing behaviors at the middle school level. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 39(1), 24–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534508413489336