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A comparison of special education teacher and psychologist scoring of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test
Author(s) -
Fosteb Glen G.,
Boeck Debora G.,
Reese James
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197604)13:2<146::aid-pits2310130206>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - psychology , inter rater reliability , certification , bender gestalt test , test (biology) , mentally retarded , gestalt psychology , developmental psychology , mathematics education , clinical psychology , rating scale , projective test , paleontology , neuroscience , psychoanalysis , perception , biology , political science , law
Ten learning disabilities resource room teachers were provided with inservice training in the administration of the Bender visual Motor Gestalt Test (BVMGT) and the Koppitz (1964) scoring system. Following this training the teachers administered the BVMGT to students in grades 1–6 and scored each protocol using the Koppitz scoring system. Two certified school psychologists then independently scored a random selection of teacher‐administered and scored BVMGT protocols. Results of these ratings were used to analyze the interrater consistencies for the groups of raters. The reported correlations between teachers and school psychologists compared favorably to correlations between school psychologists as well as to interrater reliabilities reported in the literature. The results of this investigation indicate that the Koppitz scoring system may be reliably used by special education teachers who are provided appropriate inservice training.