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Heribert Stich1, Kristin Maria Schlinkmann2, Rafael Mikolajczyk3
1Fachbereich 51 Gesundheitswesen, Landratsamt Erding, Erding.
Aim Of The Study:
Evaluation of the concurrent validity of a modified Bavarian model (BM) compared to the social-paediatric screening of developmental status for school entry (SOPESS) as a reference tool.
Methods:
A total of 407 preschoolers to be enrolled for the school year 2015 in an Upper Bavarian District were examined by BM and SOPESS. As a measure of the concurrent validity, the Kappa by Cohen (ĸ) was used.
Results:
The agreement of both instruments was moderate and was less pronounced for single dimensions than globally. The agreement in the dimensions of "prepositions" vs. "grammatism" (ĸ=0.46) was highest and for the dimensions "numbers and quantities" vs. "calculus" (ĸ=0.05). Stratification by age, gender, nationality and mode of the study programs had no significant influence on the strength of the effects.
Conclusion:
The moderate agreement between the 2 instruments raises the question of the validity of BM used so far in school enrollment examinations.
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